Question follow-through · 8319
Sick Leave: Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of working days lost every year in England as a result of dental problems.
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
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of working days lost every year in England as a result of dental problems.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
Data specifically on the number of working days lost in England as a result of dental problems is not held. Data on the number of working days lost to sickness absence as a result of Eye/ear/nose/mouth/dental problems in the UK is available in the followi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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