| Heading: |
Department for Work and Pensions: Paternity Leave |
| Question ID: |
1757264 |
| UIN: |
25353 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4874 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew Griffith
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| Asking Member handle: |
griffitha
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@griffitha
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Department for Work and Pensions does offer paternity leave to its staff from their first working day. As with any changes to employment legislation, internal policies and processes will be updated as appropriate in preparation for when the Employment... |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |