Parental Leave
(asked on 8th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department has plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of shared parental leave.
This question was answered on 14th January 2019
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme. Amongst other things the evaluation will look at take up rates for the scheme, barriers to take up and how the scheme is being used in practice. Based on this information, the evaluation will assess whether the scheme has met its objectives.