The Feasibility of Shared Parental Leave in the United Kingdom

1. What is your gender?

2. What is your age?

3. Do you welcome the news of new shared parental leave plans being introduced in the UK from 2015

4. Do you think you and your partner would use the new shared parental leave rights?

5. Do you think that shared parental leave would offer benefits to you either financially or emotionally

6. Do you think that the new parental leave plans should have gone further? (If yes go straight to Q9)

7. Do you think there should be a proportion of the new shared parental leave that can only be taken by fathers

8. Do you think parental leave should be divided equally between parent?

9. Do you think fathers taking a percentage of parental leave will help to encourage the bonding process between fathers and their children?

10. Do you think the introduction of shared parental leave will help reduce the gap in gender inequality?