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<p>On 17 June 2021, we launched a new online tool which will make it easier for parents
to access Shared Parental Leave and Pay and easier for employers to administer the
scheme. The launch of the tool was accompanied by targeted communications activity,
including social media and an exclusive with one of the national newspapers. We have
also run significant communications campaigns in the past, including a £1.5 million
campaign in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently evaluating the Shared
Parental Leave and Pay scheme to better understand the barriers and enablers to parents
taking Shared Parental Leave. This exercise has included commissioning, and interrogating
information collected from, large scale, representative, surveys of employers and
parents and a qualitative study of parents who have used the scheme. We intend to
publish our findings later this year.</p>
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