Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
The Ministry of Defence does not have a policy which explicitly covers paid time off work and other support to employees who become kinship carers. This applies to both Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel. Employees are able to take time off work to deal with an emergency involving a dependant or are able to request other leave, paid and unpaid, as well as annual and flexi leave as required to support them when they become a kinship carer. Employees are also able to request flexible working to support both short term and longer term arrangements.