Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Civil Service sickness absence, 2025 published on 16 December 2025, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of Civil Service (a) long-term and (b) short-term sickness rates.

Civil Service sickness absence data, published on 16 December 2025, indicates a rise in both long-term and short-term sickness absence across the Civil Service, both since the previous year and over the past decade.

(Source: Civil Service sickness absence data published on 16 December 2025)