Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 64201

Cabinet Office: Sick Leave

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) unauthorised and (b) sickness absences there were in the civil service in each of the last five years.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Sickness absence data for the Civil Service is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence. Individual departments are responsible for managing their workforces, including any instances of unauthor...
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