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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Mental Health

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94428

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology routinely reports its sickness absence data on gov.uk alongside the rest of the Civil Service.

Information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence

This contains statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health.

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