Parental Leave: Kinship Care
(asked on 3rd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether kinship carers will be included within the scope of the parental leave review.
Answered by
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I recognise the vital role that Kinship Carers play in caring for vulnerable children, and the need to support Kinship Carers in the workplace.
As part of our broader commitment to working families, we are conducting a comprehensive review of the parental leave system. Planning work is underway.
The Employment Rights Bill is also making Parental Leave a day one right. This will help kinship carers who have parental responsibility, for example, through a legal guardianship order.