Ministry of Justice: Paternity Leave

(asked on 8th October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) her Department, (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (c) HM Prison and Probation Service was in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 16th October 2024

The average length of paternity leave taken across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for each of the last three years is 14 calendar days. The breakdown as per the request is as follows:

Average number of days of paternity leave taken by staff in MoJ, HMCTS and HMPPS

MoJ

HMCTS

HMPPS

01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022

14

14

14

01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023

14

14

14

01/07/2023 to 30/06/2024

14

14

14

Note: This includes those with an Absence Category of ‘Paternity Birth’ on the department’s HR database.

Note: Records assigned to the relevant year by the Absence Start Date.

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