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Cabinet Office: Sick Leave

Commons · Question 64201 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) unauthorised and (b) sickness absences there were in the civil service in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Jul 2025

Sickness absence data for the Civil Service is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence. Individual departments are responsible for managing their workforces, including any instances of unauthor...