Question follow-through · 30095
Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage people on long-term sickness back to work.
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
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage people on long-term sickness back to work.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
Backed by £240m investment, the Get Britain Working White Paper launched on 26 November will drive forward approaches to tackling economic inactivity and work toward the long-term ambition of an 80% employment rate. We are committed to reforming the syste...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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