Written Question·Home Office·UIN 113437

Home Office: Sick Leave

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026
Named Day

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mental health absence rate is in (a) the Work, Study, Family and Ukraine visa unit within the Visas and Passports directorate, and (b) the Home Office.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.