Departmental Paternity Leave

Justine Greening

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff took paternity leave from his Department in each of the last five years; and what the average duration of such leave was in each such year. (290546)

The information requested is as follows:

	Number of employees	Average length of leave (days)	Total number of days
2008-09	2	11	21
2007-08	5	10.2	51
2006-07	0	0	0
2005-06	0	0	0
2004-05	0	0	0

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009