Sick Leave: Respiratory Diseases
Commons · Question 46719 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
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 due to respiratory illness over the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Apr 2025
The estimated number of people aged 16 to 64 in the UK who had a long-term (4 weeks or more) sickness absence from work due to respiratory illness, e.g. asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD], bronchitis or pneumonia, between January and Dec...