Question follow-through · 4437
Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay to that of the National Living Wage.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay to that of the National Living Wage.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
No one should be forced to choose between their health and financial hardship, which is why we plan to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), so it provides a safety net for those who need it most. The Plan to Make Work Pay commits to remove the Lower Earni...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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