Sick Leave
(asked on 13th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of how many people have been absent from work because of long term sickness over the last six months.
This question was answered on 21st January 2025
The latest available data for long-term sickness absence covers the period from July 2023 to June 2024.
In July 2023 to June 2024, 1.55 million people in the UK had been absent from work because of long-term sickness. This statistic can be found in the employment of disabled people 2024 table SAB001.