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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Sick Leave

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99842

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many f

Answered by Ian Murray

Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence.The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.

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