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1714508

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date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the level of statutory sick pay on health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to a previous response provided by the Minister of State for Care to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-17/902448" target="_blank">UIN 902448</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:41:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1714148

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019 over 500,000 more people now earn above the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and can therefore benefit from Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). However, now is not the right time for structural reform of SSP, which includes removing the LEL.</p><p> </p><p>SSP is just one part of our welfare safety net and our wider Government offer to support people in times of need, many of those with earnings below the LEL are already in receipt of benefits, such as Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:30:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1714149

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase statutory sick pay for people unable to work while living with cancer.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	23819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has already increased the rate of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) this year, in April the rate of SSP was increased by the September 2023 CPI of 6.7% to £116.75. This represents a £20 per week increase in the rate of SSP since 2021.</p><p> </p><p>SSP is just one part of our welfare safety net and our wider Government offer to support people in times of need. Anybody who is on a low level of income during the period that they are sick and who requires further financial support may be able to claim Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2024 14:28:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell