Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 57238

Sick Leave: Stress

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the number of people on long term sick leave due to stress over the last 12 months.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Data is not available for sickness absence specifically due to stress. The estimated number of people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who had a long-term (4 weeks or more) sickness absence from work due to stress, depression, anxiety and common mental health prob...
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