Sick Leave: Mental Illness
Commons · Question 9723 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce the level of work absence as a result of mental ill health.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 22 Oct 2024
My department and I work closely with our counterparts in DHSC on work and health measures, and we have a joint directorate reporting to us that is charged with improving recruitment, retention and the success at work of disabled people and people with lo...