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Cabinet Office: Mental Health

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94421

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

Answered by Anna Turley

The Civil Service publishes regular sickness absence reports, which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health. These can be found at Sickness absence in the Civil Service - GOV.UK.

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