Question follow-through · 74154
Cabinet Office: Sick Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here: Sickness absence in the Civil Service - GOV.UK. The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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