Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of making statutory paternity pay applicable from the first day of employment.

The Government has not made a recent estimate of the cost of making Statutory Paternity Pay available from the first day of employment.

However, we have committed to a review of the parental leave system as a whole to ensure that it best supports all working families. Planning work is already underway.