Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 98734
Statutory Sick Pay: Agency Workers
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has of the potential impact of removing the waiting period for statutory sick pay on the number of claims made by agency workers; and what steps he plans to take to ensure
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonStrengthening Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is part of the Government’s commitment to implement our Plan to Make Work Pay. The Government conducted a Regulatory Impact Assessment here on the impact of the SSP measures, including the removal of the waiting peri...
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