Petition · past parliament

Make statutory holiday entitlement 26 days plus bank holidays

Closed 36 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently school holidays excluding bank holiday days equate to 52 days off per year, those who work struggle to cover these dates using their holiday entitlement from work.
We are asking that the government raise statutory holiday entitlement to 26 days per year plus bank holidays (34 total) to enable working parents to cover childcare during school holidays. The legal entitlement at present is 28 days and employers can choose to have 8 of those as bank holidays.
Currently school holidays excluding bank holiday days equate to 52 days off per year, those who work struggle to cover these dates using their holiday entitlement from work.

Timeline

7 Nov 2016 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 36
Status Closed
Opened 7 Nov 2016
Closed 2 May 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.