Question follow-through · 42262
Sick Leave: Sickle Cell Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of working days that were lost due to the effects of sickle cell disorder in the last 12 months.
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
- 28 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of working days that were lost due to the effects of sickle cell disorder in the last 12 months.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Office for National Statistics publish annual statistics on sickness absence in the UK labour market, which includes the reasons for sickness absence. However, the reasons are not provided in this data at the level of detail of specific conditions, su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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