Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 98089
Sick Leave: Self-employed
Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Lizzi Collinge
Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of creating a sick pay scheme for self-employed people.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsStatutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid for by employers and there is no mechanism to include the self-employed in SSP. It is important to highlight that many self-employed people already choose to take out some form of insurance or income protection to financia...
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