Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for the entitlements set out in the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act who will not receive those entitlements between the date the Bill received Royal Assent and the date the Act is due to be implemented.

We are committed to introducing Neonatal Care Leave and Pay as quickly as possible. Work is ongoing across Government to deliver these new entitlements.

It is not possible to deliver the Neonatal Care Leave and Pay entitlement immediately after Royal Assent as delivery requires updates to HMRC IT systems and a significant amount of secondary legislation.