Written questions

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...