Question follow-through · 98734
Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has of the potential impact of removing the waiting period for statutory sick pay on the number of claims made by agency workers; and what steps he plans to take to ensure
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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
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has of the potential impact of removing the waiting period for statutory sick pay on the number of claims made by agency workers; and what steps he plans to take to ensure
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is part of the Government’s commitment to implement our Plan to Make Work Pay. The Government conducted a Regulatory Impact Assessment here on the impact of the SSP measures, including the removal of the waiting peri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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