Department for Education: Mental Health
Commons · Question 94424 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 11 Dec 2025
The department records sickness absence categorised to show the broad reason for the absence, with one option titled ‘anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses’. As of 31 October 2025, five or fewer members of staff in the department wer...