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1563632

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Parental 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, with reference to the BEIS consultation entitled Making Flexible Working the Default published in September 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating publishing of parental leave policies as part of gender pay gap reporting.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on whether employers should be required to publish and report on their family-related leave and pay policies in 2019. Having reviewed consultation responses from a range of stakeholders and taken account of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government decided that such a requirement should be considered as part of the process of considering how successful the Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations have been, and how Gender Pay Gap Reporting may be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>A fully considered review of Gender Pay Gap Reporting will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/01/2023 12:12:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1545963

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Parental 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 15 November 2022 to Question 83544 on Parental Leave, and with reference to the oral contribution of the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the debate on Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland on 6 September 2022, Official Report, column 51WH, on what basis the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State stated that take-up of Shared Parental Leave is exceeding 8 per cent of the 285,000 eligible fathers.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	97470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The 2013 Impact Assessment for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) estimated that take-up would be between 2-8 per cent. Current take-up rates of SPL are based on HMRC data, this data estimates that rates fall within the middle of this range and have been gradually increasing.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:13 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1541343

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Parental 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 7 November 2022 to Question 77313 on Parental Leave, and with reference to Table 7 of the 2013 Impact Assessment, why the employee fathers with a self-employed partner are not included in the number of new fathers eligible for Shared Parental Leave.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	83544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The 2013 Impact Assessment for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) estimated that take-up would be between 2-8 per cent based on Labour Force Survey analysis that 285,000 fathers/partners would be eligible, comprised of 267,000 employees and a further 17,000 self-employed fathers/partners. The reply to Question 77313 focused on employees only.</p><p> </p><p>The SPL evaluation will also include an up-to-date estimate of eligibility and take-up.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2022 17:04:06 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1538673

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Parental 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 19 October 2022 to Question 63130 on Parental Leave, what metrics his Department used as (a) the numerator and (b) the denominator to determine whether the level of use of the Shared Parental Leave scheme by parents is within the 2 per cent to 8 per cent range.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	77313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The 2013 Impact Assessment for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) estimated that take-up would be between 2-8 per cent based on Labour Force Survey analysis that 267,000 employee fathers/partners would be eligible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data on the number of individuals in receipt of Shared Parental Pay provides a broad indication of SPL take-up. The SPL evaluation will also include an up-to-date estimate of eligibility and take-up based on survey data. The evaluation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The fieldwork for the Maternity and Paternity Rights survey took place between Mar-Nov 2019, between Aug 2019 and Feb 2020 for the qualitative study of parents and between Sep 2018 and Feb 2019 for the Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 77314 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:08:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1522477

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
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	Parental 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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the debate on Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland on 6 September 2022, Official Report, column 51WH, whether his Department has set targets for the use of the shared parental leave scheme by parents.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	63130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>In the original Impact Assessment before SPL was introduced, we estimated take-up to be in the range of 2% to 8%. We have not updated these estimates. The evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Pay scheme, which we will publish in due course, will include an up-to-date estimate of take-up.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 14:05:02 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1520849

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Parental 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 recent steps he has taken to ensure parents on parental leave are adequately supported on their return to the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	61295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Existing parental leave rights give employees who have taken parental leave the right to return to the same or similar job. For example, a woman has the right to return to the same job after ordinary maternity leave (the first 26 weeks of leave). The Government has committed, when Parliamentary time allows, to extend redundancy protections into a period of return to work for particular forms of parental leave. The Government announced a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) returners programme on International Women's Day to encourage those who have taken breaks to care for others back into STEM, building on previous Government returner initiatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 14:01:06 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1489542

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Parental 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, if he will make a comparative assessment of the merits of different systems of (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	37562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2019 the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. This consultation considers the objectives of parental leave and pay entitlements as a whole as well as specific entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 17:06:05 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1483602

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental 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 contribution by the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets to the Westminster Hall debate on Parental Leave and Pay on 22 March 2022, Official Report, cols 98-102 WH, when he will bring forward proposals to extend redundancy protection to those applying for adoption leave and shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending redundancy protections during pregnancy and after maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.</p><p> </p><p>We will introduce these measures when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:44:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1483604

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental 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, how many and what proportion of new mothers who started on statutory paid maternity leave used the Shared Parental Leave scheme to transfer some of their leave to the child's father during fiscal years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). This provides a broad indication of Shared Parental Leave take-up but excludes anyone taking unpaid Shared Parental Leave.</p><p><em><strong>Table 1: Individuals in receipt of ShPP, 2019/20 and 2021/22</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2019-20</em></p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2021-22</em></p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><em>Data uses HMRC Real Time Information which is subject to revision.</em></li><li><em>Figures count individuals irrespective of when the payment started. Some individuals will be counted across two years.</em></li><li><em>Figures do not include those who take unpaid SPL.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:43:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1483606

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental 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 19 July 2021 to Question 32423 on Parental Leave, when he plans to publish the findings of the surveys and consultation conducted as part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>As part of the evaluation, we commissioned large, representative surveys of parents and employees which asked about a range of parental leave and pay entitlements as well as their experience of Shared Parental Leave specifically. We also consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering this information and will publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:42:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald