Cabinet Office: Paternity Leave

(asked on 8th October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Georgia Gould Portrait
Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 21st October 2024

Our records show that between 2021 and October 2024, 258 Cabinet Office employees have taken paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below. ​​

Year

AWDT

2021

5

2022

6

2023

5.7

2024 (Jan to Oct)

6

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