Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 40815

Sick Leave: Productivity

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 1 April 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30412 on Sick Leave: Productivity, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of workplace sickness on productivity.

Answer

Alison McGovern

The Department published an estimate of the overall cost to the economy due to sickness absence in The cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents work on 18 March 2025. The analyses do not estimate the specific impact of workplace sicknes...

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