Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.

Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence.

The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.