Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 27196 on Compassionate Leave, what plans the Government has to undertake a formal evaluation of the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay scheme; and whether the outcome of any such evaluation will be available to inform consideration of the forthcoming Employment Bill.

Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay was introduced in April 2020 as the Government recognises that the loss of a child is particularly tragic. In the Explanatory Memorandum published alongside the legislation, we committed to taking forward a review of the scheme’s impact in 2025, once it has been in place for a few years.