Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 65844

Statutory Sick Pay

Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Government is bringing in changes to Statutory Sick Pay through the Employment Rights Bill which will mean up to 1.3 million low-paid employees will now be entitled to SSP, and all eligible employees will be paid from the first day of sickness absence...

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