§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the numbers and percentages of(a) mothers and (b) fathers who will choose to take their parental leave entitlements in each of the first five years after that rights comes into force. [95168]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonWe estimate that about 100,000 parents will take parental leave each year when the rights are fully established in 2004. We have not estimated how many will choose to take parental leave in each of the first five years after the rights come into force. Parental leave is a new right and we do not have enough information to make such detailed estimates.