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<p>The Department is conducting a short, focussed internal review of the provisions
for parents of premature babies and sick babies and those that experience multiple
births. The purpose of this work is to obtain a high-level understanding of the barriers
to participating in the labour market that these parents can face. It would not be
appropriate to announce future policy without first establishing an appropriate evidence
base.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials are working with organisations who represent the
interests of these parents (The Smallest Things, Bliss, and TAMBA) to better understand
the issues that parents can face and have also held focus groups with a small number
of parents themselves. This will inform our policy consideration.</p>
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