PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ministry of Justice: Paternity Leave (8 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) her Department, (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (c) HM Prison and Probation Service was in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Shaun Davies (Labour)

The average length of paternity leave taken across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for each of the last three years is 14 calendar days. The breakdown as per the request is as follows:

Average number of days of paternity leave taken by staff in MoJ, HMCTS and HMPPS

	MoJ	HMCTS	HMPPS
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2022	14	14	14
01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023	14	14	14
01/07/2023 to 30/06/2024	14	14	14

Note: This includes those with an Absence Category of ‘Paternity Birth’ on the department’s HR database.

Note: Records assigned to the relevant year by the Absence Start Date.

Answered by:
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
16 October 2024