Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81377
Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
Question
Saqib Bhatti
Conservative — Meriden and Solihull East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding Statutory Sick Pay on recruitment agencies; and if he will consider taking steps to (a) enable agencies to recover SSP costs from hirers
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStrengthening Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is part of the Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay. The Government conducted a Regulatory Impact Assessment Here on the impact of the SSP measures in the Employment Rights Bill. Whilst this is not a specific assessmen...
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