Question follow-through · 94433
Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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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 Work and Pensions, 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
Information on sickness absence, including mental ill-health, is available in the Civil Service Sickness Absence Reports, which provide statistics by organisation and sickness reason. These reports can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collect...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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