Question follow-through · 94430
Department for Transport: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
As of 31 October 2025, there are 0 staff in DfTc who have been absent for six months or more due to mental health.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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