Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 94424
Department for Education: Mental Health
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer
Olivia BaileyThe department records sickness absence categorised to show the broad reason for the absence, with one option titled ‘anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses’. As of 31 October 2025, five or fewer members of staff in the department wer...
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