Question follow-through · 84126

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor the potential impact of the April 2025 Statutory Sick Pay reforms on low-paid workers.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor the potential impact of the April 2025 Statutory Sick Pay reforms on low-paid workers.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    There were no reforms to Statutory Sick Pay in April 2025 other than annual uprating. From April 2026, we will be removing the Lower Earnings Limit as an entitlement criterion for Statutory Sick Pay and removing the waiting period. This means Statutory Si...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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