Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.

Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns, is published annually, and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence

The next update will be for the year ending 31 March 2025.