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Statutory Sick Pay

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 193928, tabled on 13 July 2023

Question

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the Exchequer of raising statutory sick pay.

Answer

Tom Pursglove
Conservative
Corby
Commons

Answered on

18 July 2023

Payments of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) are made by employers. Any indirect costs and benefits that would be derived to the Exchequer because of changing the rate of SSP would need to be assessed.

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Department for Work and Pensions
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