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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Leave

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving members of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force have taken (i) maternity and (ii) paternity leave in the last 12 months.
Answer

The number of armed forces personnel who have taken either maternity or paternity leave, during the period 25 February 2009 until 24 February 2010, broken down by service is detailed in the following table:

Absence type Army RAF Navy Grand total
Maternity 760 500 280 1,540
Paternity 950 850 220 2,020
Note:
When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Due to the rounding the sum of the component parts may not equal the total.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c1079W; 319724
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Armed forces Leave Parental leave
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk