Written questions

Department for Business and Trade: Mental Health

Commons · Question 94422 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 3 Dec 2025

Civil Service sickness absence reports (which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health) are publicly available at: [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence]. The next relea...