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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mental Health

Commons · Question 94436 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

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

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 3 Dec 2025

The Civil Service publishes sickness absence statistics by organisation and by sickness reason, including mental ill-health. These figures are available in the publicly accessible Civil Service sickness absence reports on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/govern...