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Home Office: Mental Health

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94438

The question

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

Answered by Sarah Jones

Civil Service sickness absence reports, which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence

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