Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Mental Health
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answered by Ian Murray
Civil Service sickness absence reports, which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health, are published on an annual basis. The publication of the 2025 report is currently planned for 18 December 2025.
These annual reports can be found by following the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence
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