Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 23315
Sick Leave
Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of how many people have been absent from work because of long term sickness over the last six months.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe latest available data for long-term sickness absence covers the period from July 2023 to June 2024. In July 2023 to June 2024, 1.55 million people in the UK had been absent from work because of long-term sickness. This statistic can be found in the em...
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