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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mental Health

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94436

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Civil Service publishes sickness absence statistics by organisation and by sickness reason, including mental ill-health. These figures are available in the publicly accessible Civil Service sickness absence reports on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence). The next release of these statistics is scheduled for 18 December, and you may wish to refer to this forthcoming publication for the most up-to-date information.

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