Question follow-through · 94559

Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the effectiveness of the Bradford Score Chart as a tool for monitoring short-term staff absences.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the effectiveness of the Bradford Score Chart as a tool for monitoring short-term staff absences.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    DWP is aware of the Bradford Score relating to the management of short-term sickness absence.We do not use the Bradford Score but we have a separate system for monitoring and managing sick leave.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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