Information between 20th January 2024 - 16th October 2026
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Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026
9 speeches (1,342 words) Monday 2nd March 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 was a measure of which I and my party are proud. - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)
92 speeches (14,911 words) Committee stage: Ninth Sitting Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Public Bill Committees Wales Office Mentions: 1: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Subsection (14) makes consequential amendments to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 to - Link to Speech |
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Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill
18 speeches (6,216 words) 3rd reading Friday 26th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) myself as a Back Bencher with the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 and the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act - Link to Speech |
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Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill
33 speeches (12,993 words) 2nd reading Friday 26th January 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) We certainly had a lot of engagement on that during our consideration of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 21st January 2025
Written Evidence - National Bereavement Alliance ERB0047 - Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill - Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Found: Many of our organisations worked on the passage of the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act 2020. |
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Wednesday 15th January 2025
Report - 2nd Report - Equality at work: Miscarriage and bereavement leave Women and Equalities Committee Found: Economy, Regulatory Impact Assessment: Miscarriage Leave and Pay Consultation - Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Bereavement Leave
Asked by: Tony Vaughan (Labour - Folkestone and Hythe) Monday 1st June 2026 Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the 26-week continuous employment threshold for eligibility for Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay under the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018; and what steps they are taking to ensure that bereaved parents are able to access financial support during a period of bereavement leave, regardless of length of service with their current employer. Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) The 26-week continuous employment requirement is standard across parental pay entitlements. Where employees do not qualify, we encourage employers to provide additional support where possible. Through the Parental Leave and Pay Review we are considering improvements to the system, including existing entitlements, to better support working families. Bereaved parents may be able to get Universal Credit if on a low income or needing help with living costs. In some circumstances, a Universal Credit payment that would otherwise reduce or stop following bereavement, including the death of a child for whom an adult is responsible for, continues for a short time. |
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Income Tax (Tax Treatment of Scottish Carer Supplement and Exemption of Carer’s Additional Person Payment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations make amendments to Part 10 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) in consequence of two new social security benefits introduced by the Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/340) from 15th March 2026. The amendments ensure the Scottish Carer Supplement is chargeable to income tax and exempt the Carer’s Additional Person Payment from income tax. HM Treasury Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Thursday 5th February - In Force: 15 Mar 2026 Found: Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), paragraph 47 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Income Tax (Tax Treatment of Scottish Carer Supplement and Exemption of Carer's Additional Person Payment) Regulations 2026 These Regulations make amendments to Part 10 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) in consequence of two new social security benefits introduced by the Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/340) from 15th March 2026. The amendments ensure the Scottish Carer Supplement is chargeable to income tax and exempt the Carer Additional Person Payment from income tax. HM Treasury Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Thursday 5th February - In Force: 15 Mar 2026 Found: Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), paragraph 47 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 These Regulations introduce a new statutory entitlement for an employee to be absent from work to care for a child during the first year following the child’s birth, placement for adoption, or entry into Great Britain in connection with or for the purposes of an adoption from overseas, in the event that the child’s primary carer dies (“bereaved partner’s paternity leave”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Tuesday 13th January - In Force: Not stated Found: paragraph 34 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act and by paragraph 24 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Bereaved Partner's Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 These Regulations introduce a new statutory entitlement for an employee to be absent from work to care for a child during the first year following the child’s birth, placement for adoption, or entry into Great Britain in connection with or for the purposes of an adoption from overseas, in the event that the child’s primary carer dies (“bereaved partner’s paternity leave”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Tuesday 13th January - In Force: 6 Apr 2026 Found: paragraph 34 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act and by paragraph 24 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections. Department for Work and Pensions Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Monday 12th January - In Force: Not stated Found: Act 2014 (c. 19) (“the Pensions Act”), paragraphs 14 and 17 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Social Security Contributions (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Schedule to the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 (c. 20) (“the 2023 Act”) inserted Part 12ZE into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4). This created an entitlement to statutory neonatal care pay. The 2023 Act does not apply or extend to Northern Ireland. Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Friday 14th March - In Force: 6 Apr 2025 Found: to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), paragraph 31 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (Administration) Regulations 2025 These Regulations provide for the funding of employers’ liabilities to make payments of statutory neonatal care pay; they also impose obligations on employers in connection with such payments and confer powers on the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“the Commissioners”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Monday 24th February - In Force: 6 Apr 2025 Found: 51 to 53; the Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), Schedule 1, paragraph 50; the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 These Regulations exercise powers in Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (“the Act”). Parts 1 – 4 exercise powers in Chapter 5, which was inserted by the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 (c. 20) to provide a new entitlement to neonatal care leave for employees with responsibility for children receiving neonatal care in that Part. Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Monday 20th January - In Force: 6 Apr 2025 Found: Paragraph 5D was inserted by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), Schedule, paragraph |
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Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections. Department for Work and Pensions Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Wednesday 15th January - In Force: Not stated Found: Act 2014 (c. 19) (“the Pensions Act”), paragraphs 14 and 17 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Statutory Paternity Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2023 These Regulations make changes to the way in which the entitlement to statutory paternity pay is exercised, by amending the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”); the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”); the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”); and the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations 2002 (the “Administration Regulations”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Monday 5th February - In Force: 8 Mar 2024 Found: by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), Schedule 7, paragraph 52; and the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Statutory Paternity Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2024 These Regulations make changes to the way in which the entitlement to statutory paternity pay is exercised, by amending the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”); the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”); the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”); and the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations 2002 (the “Administration Regulations”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Monday 5th February - In Force: 8 Mar 2024 Found: by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), Schedule 7, paragraph 52; and the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 39 of 2024–25 - LLN-2025-0024
Jun. 20 2025 Found: Statutory parental bereavement leave and pay were introduced by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Jul. 23 2025
HL Bill 129 (as amended on Report) Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: (14) In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, omit paragraphs 25(2), |
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Jun. 24 2025
HL Bill 113 (as amended in Committee) Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: (14) 5 In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, omit paragraphs 25(2 |
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Jun. 20 2025
Still-Birth (Definition) Bill: HL Bill 39 2024–25 Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: Statutory parental bereavement leave and pay were introduced by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Mar. 14 2025
HL Bill 81 (as brought from the Commons) Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: (14) 5 In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, omit paragraphs 25(2 |
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Jan. 27 2025
Bill 163 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: “parental bereavement” substitute “bereavement”. 25(14) In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Dec. 03 2024
Written evidence submitted by Usdaw (ERB35) Employment Rights Act 2025 Written evidence Found: relatively straightforward to extend the current provisions for pay within the “Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act |
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Nov. 28 2024
Written evidence submitted by Cruse Bereavement Support, Hospice UK, Marie Curie, the National Bereavement Alliance and Sue Ryder (joint submission) (ERB28) Employment Rights Act 2025 Written evidence Found: Many of our organisations worked on the passage of the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act 2020 . |
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Oct. 18 2024
Employment Rights Bill 2024-25 Employment Rights Act 2025 Briefing papers Found: Others, such as the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 , became law. |
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Oct. 10 2024
Bill 011 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: (14) In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, omit paragraphs 25 |
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Oct. 10 2024
Bill 011 2024-25 (as introduced) Employment Rights Act 2025 Bill Found: (14) 5In the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, omit paragraphs |
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Baby Loss APPG Document: 15 December 2021 Found: and up to 18 years of age receive two weeks of paid bereavement leave under the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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The Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 These Regulations introduce a new statutory entitlement for an employee to be absent from work to care for a child during the first year following the child’s birth, placement for adoption, or entry into Great Britain in connection with or for the purposes of an adoption from overseas, in the event that the child’s primary carer dies (“bereaved partner’s paternity leave”). Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Found: paragraph 34 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act and by paragraph 24 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections. Department for Work and Pensions Found: Act 2014 (c. 19) (“the Pensions Act”), paragraphs 14 and 17 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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The Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025 These Regulations exercise powers in Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (“the Act”). Parts 1 – 4 exercise powers in Chapter 5, which was inserted by the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 (c. 20) to provide a new entitlement to neonatal care leave for employees with responsibility for children receiving neonatal care in that Part. Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Found: Paragraph 5D was inserted by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), Schedule, paragraph |
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The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 This Order is made as a consequence of a review under sections 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the Administration Act”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections. Department for Work and Pensions Found: Act 2014 (c. 19) (“the Pensions Act”), paragraphs 14 and 17 of the Schedule to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Monday 21st October 2024
People Directorate Source Page: Scottish Government’s internal HR policies related to time off: FOI release Document: FOI 202400432133 - Information released - Annex (PDF) Found: The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 and Parental Bereavement Regulations 2020 set out |
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The UK Employment Rights Bill
Tuesday 29th April 2025 This briefing describes the key topics covered by the UK Employment Rights Bill. This Bill is a significant piece of legislation currently being considered at Westminster. Although a UK Parliament Bill, the Bill is important in a Scottish context, as most of it applies to Scotland. View source webpage Found: Background The Employment Rights Act 1996,xiv as amended by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act |
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Tuesday 12th November 2024
Source Page: Changes to employee contributions within the firefighter pension scheme Document: Integrated impact assessment (PDF) Found: Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) consulted on provisions to be included the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act |
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Tuesday 30th April 2024
Source Page: Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board: 30 April 2024 Document: Minutes (PDF) Found: in respect of statutory parental bereavement leave following introduction of the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act |
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Friday 20th November 2020
Source Page: Terms and conditions for agricultural workers Document: Consultation document (PDF) Found: Parental Bereavement Leave The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 which came into force on |