Question follow-through · 23948
Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay.
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government reviews the rate of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) annually as part of the uprating process. We are committed to building our understanding of how our plans to strengthen SSP, announced in our Plan to Make Work Pay, will impact employers and empl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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