Question follow-through · 74159
Department for Work and Pensions: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
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
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 Sept 2025
Answer published
Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence. The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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