Department for Work and Pensions: Paternity Leave

(asked on 21st January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.


Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th January 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions does offer paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.

As with any changes to employment legislation, internal policies and processes will be updated as appropriate in preparation for when the Employment Rights Bill 2024 comes into effect.

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