Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 99842
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Sick Leave
Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Question
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many f
Answer
Ian MurraySickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence.The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.