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Statutory Sick Pay

Asked by Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 March 2025UIN 36543

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing the replacement rate to the Statutory Sick Pay lower earnings limit on people on this limit.

Answered by Alison McGovern

The Department undertook a Regulatory Impact Assessment covering the measures in the Employment Rights Bill to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay: removing the Lower Earnings Limit and the waiting period. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments.

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