Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 11434

Sick Leave

Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Liam Conlon

LabourBeckenham and Penge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people off work due to long term sickness.

Answer

We know that appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing. We want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. We want people to avoid poverty, and for this to happen we must ensure that disabled people...

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