Question follow-through · 905409

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
26 Aug 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    I know that my honourable friends will welcome the changes this Government is making to Statutory Sick Pay through the Employment Rights Bill, including extending eligibility to up to 1.3 million of the lowest paid employees and removing the waiting perio...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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