Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Paternity Leave
(asked on 8th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
Answered by
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Our records show that between 2021 and October 2024, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) employee’s have taken 160 days paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
The average working days taken per colleague (AWDT) is shown in the table below.
Year | AWDT |
2021 | - |
2022 | - |
2023 (Feb 2023* to Dec 2023) | 10 |
2024 (Jan 2024 to Oct 2024) | 12.9 |
*The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) was established in February 2023. Data before this time is unavailable.