Sick Leave: Self-employed
Commons · Question 98089 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of creating a sick pay scheme for self-employed people.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 16 Dec 2025
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid for by employers and there is no mechanism to include the self-employed in SSP. It is important to highlight that many self-employed people already choose to take out some form of insurance or income protection to financia...