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Home Office: Sick Leave

Asked by John McDonnellLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 February 2026UIN 113438

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of mental health absences in the Work, Study, Family and Ukraine visa unit within the Visas and Passports directorate, in each of the past th

Answered by Sarah Jones

Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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