Department for Work and Pensions: Paternity Leave
(asked on 8th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in her Department was in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 17th October 2024
This data has been taken from a live system. Staff have 52 weeks to take paternity leave following the birth of the child, so figures for 2024 may rise.
The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below:
Year | AWDT |
2021 | 6 |
2022 | 9 |
2023 | 7 |
2024 (1-Jan - 30-Sep) | 7 |