Question follow-through · 120138
Sick Pay: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that discretionary sick pay arrangements do not disadvantage disabled workers.
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
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that discretionary sick pay arrangements do not disadvantage disabled workers.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
Employers have a statutory duty to pay Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to employees who satisfy the qualifying criteria. They can offer occupational or discretionary sick pay to their employees at a higher rate than the statutory minimum, but may place limits on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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