Question follow-through · 81377
Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding Statutory Sick Pay on recruitment agencies; and if he will consider taking steps to (a) enable agencies to recover SSP costs from hirers
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding Statutory Sick Pay on recruitment agencies; and if he will consider taking steps to (a) enable agencies to recover SSP costs from hirers
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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30 Oct 2025
Answer published
Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is part of the Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay. The Government conducted a Regulatory Impact Assessment Here on the impact of the SSP measures in the Employment Rights Bill. Whilst this is not a specific assessmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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