Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 86526
Sick Pay: Carers and Parents
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Graeme Downie
Labour — Dunfermline and Dollar
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising Statutory Sick Pay for the parents and carers of children with severe health conditions.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStatutory Sick Pay provides financial support to individual employees who are sick or incapable of work. It is not designed to provide financial support for parents or carers who are not able to work because their child is sick or has a health condition. ...
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