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Cabinet Office: Mental Health

Commons · Question 94421 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

Answer

Answered by Anna Turley, 3 Dec 2025

The Civil Service publishes regular sickness absence reports, which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health. These can be found at Sickness absence in the Civil Service - GOV.UK.