
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8772
Date Request Received: 14/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 07/08/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Parental leave data
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Please find attached a freedom of information request for your parental leave data over the last five years. I am writing to request the following information relating to parental leave under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: • The total number of employees who took shared parental leave (SPL) in the last five financial years: 2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023/24; 2024/25. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: | |
| Question Number 2: • In the same period, the number of employees who took: • Maternity leave • Paternity leave | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 3: • Any internal policy documents or guidance issued to staff regarding shared parental leave entitlement, including any updates in the past five years. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below: | |
| Question Number 4: • Whether enhanced pay is offered during shared parental leave, and if so, how it compares to maternity and paternity leave packages. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached | |
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