PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Maternity Leave: Childbirth (3 March 2020)
Question Asked
What plans he has to introduce extended maternity leave for mothers of premature babies.
Asked by:
Laura Trott (Conservative)
Asked by:
Laura Trott (Conservative)
Answer
The Government is committed to supporting working parents.
We recognise the particular challenges faced by parents of over 100,000 babies admitted into neonatal care each year, many of whom are born prematurely.
Our Manifesto committed to give parents of babies in neonatal care a new entitlement to paid leave from work.
Following our consultation on this last year, we are analysing the responses as a priority and will set out our plans soon.
Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
3 March 2020
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