Question follow-through · 89734
Statutory Sick Pay: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to provide targeted support for small employers to help meet the cost of day-one Statutory Sick Pay.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to provide targeted support for small employers to help meet the cost of day-one Statutory Sick Pay.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is part of the Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay ensuring the safety net of sick pay is available to those who need it most. The Government believes that removing the waiting period is essential to ensure employees ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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