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1486258

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting kinship carers paid time off work when a child starts living with them.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	30079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The department will consider the recommendations made in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, including the recommendations to introduce a statutory definition of kinship care, provide kinship carers with paid time off work when a child starts living with them, and provide financial allowances at the same rate as foster carers.</p> answering member constituency Bassetlaw answering member printed Brendan Clarke-Smith grouped question UIN 30077 30078 question first answered 13/07/2022 16:43:59 answering member 4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1535509

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a right to kinship leave for special guardians and kinship carers with a child arrangements order.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	69827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The recently published Independent Review of Children’s Social Care set out recommendations on how the government can better support kinship families. The department is currently considering how we can take these recommendations forward, including the recommendations to create an allowance and a new entitlement to kinship leave for all special guardians and kinship carers with a Child Arrangements Order in place.</p><p> </p><p>The department is rapidly working up an ambitious and comprehensive implementation strategy in response to the recommendations in the Review, which will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 69826 question first answered 01/11/2022 17:49:12 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1600839

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 69827 on Carers: Leave, what progress her Department has made on creating an allowance and a new entitlement to kinship leave for all special guardians and kinship carers with a Child Arrangements Order in place.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	157059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2023 answer text <p>Kinship carers play an extremely important role in both their kin children’s lives and in the Children’s Social Care system.</p><p>The department published the consultation and implementation strategy: Stable Homes, Built on Love, on 2 February 2023, which sets out how we will achieve broad, system-wide transformation. Through this strategy we have made a commitment to implement each of the Review’s recommendations on kinship care.</p><p>The department has committed to working across government to explore possible additional workplace entitlements and options for an extension of legal aid for kinship carers with a special guardianship order (SGO) or child arrangement order (CAO). The department is also exploring the case for mandating a financial allowance for kinship carers with SGOs and CAOs in every local authority.</p><p>The department is committed to publishing a national kinship care strategy by the end of 2023. This will provide an update on reform activity such as exploring financial allowances. The strategy will set out a long-term vision for kinship care, and detail how we can better support children and carers. The department sees this as a pivotal moment for kinship care and will be an opportunity to make real and lasting change.</p><p>Statutory guidance issued to local authorities already makes it clear that children and young people should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare. There is no limit on the level of support, including financial support, that local authorities can provide. All local authorities should have in place clear eligibility criteria in relation to the provision of support services.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 10/03/2023 12:40:06 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1644088

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing paid kinship care leave for new kinship carers on (a) those carers and (b) the children in their care.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Kinship carers play an extremely important role in both their kin children’s lives and in the Children’s Social Care system.</p><p>On 2 February 2023, the department published its consultation and Children’s Social Care implementation strategy, ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, which sets out how the department will achieve broad, system wide transformation. Through this strategy, the department has made a commitment to implement or explore each of the Review’s recommendations on kinship care.</p><p>The department has committed to work across government to explore possible additional workplace entitlements for kinship carers with a special guardianship order or child arrangement order.</p><p>The department is also committed to publishing a national kinship care strategy by the end of 2023, which builds on feedback the department received following the publication of ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’. This will provide an update on reform activity. The strategy will set out a long term vision for kinship care and detail how the department can better support children and carers. The department sees this as a pivotal moment for kinship care and is an opportunity to make real and lasting change.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 19/06/2023 13:33:38 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1505867

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to introduce a right for unpaid carers to take up to one week of unpaid leave per year; and when he intends to introduce this right.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	49206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to supporting unpaid carers in work. Legislation to deliver our commitment to introduce one week of leave for unpaid carers will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/09/2022 08:19:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1173945

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.</p><p>The Government’s proposal is to introduce a week of unpaid Carer’s Leave. This will be in addition to existing employment rights, such as the right to request flexible working, annual leave and the right to time off for family and dependants which help employees balance work with caring responsibilities. In taking this forward, the Department will continue to engage widely to understand how carers’ needs can best be met.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 8946 8947 question first answered 03/02/2020 14:53:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1173947

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 262229 on Compassionate Leave, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory long-term leave for unpaid carers alongside the planned introduction of one weeks' additional leave.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.</p><p>The Government’s proposal is to introduce a week of unpaid Carer’s Leave. This will be in addition to existing employment rights, such as the right to request flexible working, annual leave and the right to time off for family and dependants which help employees balance work with caring responsibilities. In taking this forward, the Department will continue to engage widely to understand how carers’ needs can best be met.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 8945 8947 question first answered 03/02/2020 14:53:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1173949

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s plans to extend the entitlement to leave for unpaid carers to one week will be in the form of paid leave.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.</p><p>The Government’s proposal is to introduce a week of unpaid Carer’s Leave. This will be in addition to existing employment rights, such as the right to request flexible working, annual leave and the right to time off for family and dependants which help employees balance work with caring responsibilities. In taking this forward, the Department will continue to engage widely to understand how carers’ needs can best be met.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 8945 8946 question first answered 03/02/2020 14:53:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1654876

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to introduce paid leave for kinship carers.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	195356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>Kinship carers can already benefit from many workplace entitlements designed to help parents and carers combine work with childcare. These include unpaid parental leave, emergency time off for dependents and the right to request flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>In our government response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, we committed to explore the introduction of additional workplace entitlements for kinship carers. Since then, work has been underway across government to better understand how government can support kinship carers to balance work and childcare. The Department for Education is committed to publishing a national kinship strategy by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 05/09/2023 08:19:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1677429

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Carers: Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to regulation 13 of the draft Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 laid on 11 December 2023, for what reason the average rate of remuneration is calculated over a period of 12 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	6651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The calculation for establishing a week’s pay in the Employment Rights Act 1996 is set out in Part 14 Chapter II and the relevant period provided for the calculation is 12 weeks. Regulation 13 of the Carer’s Leave Regulations ensures that when making this calculation, weeks which include unpaid Carer’s Leave are discounted when it comes to calculating a week’s pay, as is the case with other forms of family leave, including unpaid Parental Leave.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/12/2023 15:37:07 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain