Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 905409

Statutory Sick Pay

Tabled: 26 August 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Johanna Baxter

LabourPaisley and Renfrewshire South

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

Answer

Alison McGovern
I know that my honourable friends will welcome the changes this Government is making to Statutory Sick Pay through the Employment Rights Bill, including extending eligibility to up to 1.3 million of the lowest paid employees and removing the waiting perio...

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