Cabinet Office: Breastfeeding
(asked on 22nd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) facilities and (b) other support his Department provides for (i) visitors and (ii) staff for (A) lactating mothers and (B) the expressing of breast milk.
This question was answered on 29th November 2016
The Civil Service has a history of working to increase the support and opportunities available to parents across the Civil Service.
The law requires all employers to provide somewhere for a breastfeeding employee to rest and lie down, in line with Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.
Spaces in buildings are provided for breast-feeding, whether they be staff or visitors.