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Primary Education: Sick Leave

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 22 June 2026UIN 8453

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of long-term staff sickness absences on small primary schools.

Answered by Georgia Gould

I refer the hon. Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8454.

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