A question on #PaternityLeaveAndPaternityPay #SelfEmployed tabled by Baroness Penn on 22-05-2025 has been answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.

Heading: Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay: Self-employed
Question ID: 1805901
UIN: HL7839
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-05-22
Asking Member ID: 4726
Asking Member display name: Baroness Penn
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Baroness Penn
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of making statutory paternity leave and pay available to the self-employed.
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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Answering Member ID: 3792
Answering Member display name: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Answering Member handle: WhitchurchGirl
Answering Member Twitter reference: @WhitchurchGirl
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Answer text: This Government has not made an estimate of the cost of making Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay available to the self-employed or of making Statutory Paternity Pay available from the first day of employment. This Government has committed to a review of t...
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Answering body ID: 214
Answering body name: Department for Business and Trade
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