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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
Asked by
Harriett Baldwin
(Conservative)
Answered by
Daniel Zeichner
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 January 2025
For answer on
23 January 2025
Answered on
27 March 2025
No. The Civil Service Management Code sets out that, ‘Departments and agencies may only grant shared parental leave in accordance with the statutory requirements governing eligibility for this category of leave.’ However, some staff could qualify for statutory shared parental leave on their first day of service with a particular department because they already have service with another department.
As with any changes to employment legislation, internal policies and processes will be updated as appropriate in preparation for when the Employment Rights Bill 2024 comes into effect.
Subjects
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Parental leave
Date
27 March 2025
Reference
25193
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Deposited papers
Committed on
22 June 2020
Originated on
1 February 2014
Received on
22 June 2020
Subjects
Conditions of employment; Carers; Civil servants; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Flexible working; Parental leave; Career breaks; Employee assistance programme; Compassionate leave
Date
22 June 2020
Reference
DEP2020-0349
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive. - Inc figures and text of letters from Peter Greig-Smith of CEFAS, Johnston O'Neill of the Rural Payments Agency, Steven Edwards of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive. - Inc figures and text of letters from Peter Greig-Smith of CEFAS, Johnston O'Neill of the Rural Payments Agency, Steven Edwards of...
Asked by
John Bercow
(Conservative)
Answered by
Alun Michael
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Rural Payments Agency
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 April 2003
For answer on
30 April 2003
Answered on
30 April 2003
Mr. Bercow:: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff in her Department have used their
leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive. [108358]
Alun Michael: Departmental figures for parental leave show that four people took leave in 2002 followed by a further two in 2003 to
date. Defra came into being in 2001 for which no figures are available.
The Department is committed to having arrangements in place which allow staff to create an appropriate work/life balance and the
unpaid parental leave entitlements sit alongside a range of alternative working patterns and contractual entitlements many of which
offer some form of paid absence. They are offered to staff irrespective of grade or working pattern.
Letter from Peter Greig-Smith to Mr. John Bercow, dated April 2003:
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has asked me to reply on behalf of CEFAS to your question concerning
how many staff have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the Employment Relations
Act 1999.
The Information is not collated centrally within the Agency and could only be collected at disproportionate cost from individual
personnel records.
The Secretary of State has also asked me to reply to your question regarding how many staff have used their leave entitlement under
the Parental Leave Directive.
There have been no requests for parental leave under the provisions of this Directive. Letter from Johnston McNeill to Mr. John
Bercow, dated 11 April 2003:
I have been asked to respond directly to your two recent Parliamentary Questions concerning the Employment Relations Act 1999 and
the Parental Leave Directive.
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have taken time
off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents as provided for by the Employment Relations Act 1999.
Reply: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has policies in place which allow for special leave for staff to attend to domestic
incidents. Responsibility for authorising and monitoring such leave is devolved to individual management units and can only be
collated at disproportionate cost.
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have used their
leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive.
Reply: The RPA is fully committed to helping employees achieve a better balance between home and work through family friendly
policies Accordingly, the RPA has policies in place to allow for Parental leave but the information required is not held centrally
and cannot be collected without incurring disproportionate cost.
Letter from Steven Edwards to Mr. John Bercow, dated April 2003:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question on how many staff in her Department have used their leave entitlement
under the Parental Leave Directive.
There has been only limited take-up of this facility in the VLA. Figures for parental leave show that one person took leave in the
period 1/4/02 to 31/3/03. Figures for earlier years are not held.
TheVLA is committed to having arrangements in place which allow staff to create an appropriate work/life balance and the unpaid
parental leave entitlements sit alongside a range of alternative working patterns and contractual entitlements many of which offer
some form of paid absence. They are offered to staff irrespective of Pay Band or working pattern.
Letter from Professor Mike Roberts to Mr. John Bercow, dated April 2003:
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has asked me to reply, with respect to the Central Science
Laboratory, to your question concerning how many staff have used their leave entitlement under the Parental Leave Directive.
CSL allows staff to apply for unpaid Parental Leave. These claims are recorded centrally and records show that since the Parental
Leave rights were announced in 1999, a total of 12 requests for unpaid Parental Leave have been received and all have been granted.
The periods of leave range from 3 to 20 days.
CSL is committed to the continued use of family-friendly working practices and views Parental Leave as merely one aspect of an
organisational approach to flexible working that includes flexible working hours, part-time working, job-share, special leave,
annual leave, tackling `long hours' cultures, etc.
Subjects
Civil servants; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Government departments; Parental leave; Staff
Date
30 April 2003
Reference
108358; 404 c382-3W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) financial costs and (b) benefits to her Department of the Parental Leave Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) financial costs and (b) benefits to her Department of the Parental Leave Directive.
Asked by
John Bercow
(Conservative)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 March 2002
For answer on
19 March 2002
Answered on
19 March 2002
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the (a) financial
costs and (b) benefits to her Department of the Parental Leave Directive. [42489]
Mr. Morley: The Parental Leave Directive which introduced parental leave entitlements (along with increased maternity benefits and
time-off to care for dependants) was introduced into UK law by the Employment Relations Act 1999. The Act has had a neutral
financial effect and limited benefit on this Department and the Pesticides Safety Directorate, Veterinary Medicines Directorate and
Rural Payments Agencies, because the leave is without pay and because prior to the introduction of the legislation the Department
already had in place contractual terms which were generally more favourable to staff though they did not specifically cover unpaid
time-off for parental leave. As part of its overall `family friendly' provisions this Department continues to establish arrangements
which allow staff to establish a proper work/life balance. The statutory rights which have now been incorporated into staff terms
and conditions provide staff with basic entitlements in the event that they fall outside the contractual entitlements. So far there
have been few requests for unpaid parental leave.
Responsibility for such matters within the Central Science Laboratory Agency, the Veterinary Laboratory Agency and the Centre for
Environmental, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Agency has been delegated to Agency Chief Executives and I have asked them to reply
direct.
Subjects
Conditions of employment; Costs; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; EU law; Government departments; Parental leave
Date
19 March 2002
Reference
42489; 382 c266-7W;382 c264-5W
House
House of Commons