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<p>We know that helping parents to share care is good for parents and children, particularly
in the crucial early months of their child’s life.</p><p>The Shared Parental Leave
and Pay schemes enable fathers and partners to be their child’s main carer if this
is best for the family. Qualifying working couples can share up to 50 weeks of leave
and up to 37 weeks of pay. From February to April 2018, the Government ran a joint
£1.5m campaign to promote Shared Parental Leave.</p><p>As part of the evaluation of
Shared Parental Leave and Pay we are collecting information on the take up of paternity
benefits, including survey data on the take up of paternity leave and pay, which will
inform the development of policy in this area.</p>
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