Question follow-through · 43260
Sick Leave and Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 7.2 to 7.4 of her Department’s publication entitled Final stage impact assessment: Improve access to Statutory Sick Pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit and removing the
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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
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 7.2 to 7.4 of her Department’s publication entitled Final stage impact assessment: Improve access to Statutory Sick Pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit and removing the
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
There is no administrative data collected or recorded when an employee takes a sickness absence. The best evidence available uses findings from the Employee Survey (Employee research Phase 2: Sickness absence and return to work. Quantitative and qualitati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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