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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Statutory Sick Pay (13 July 2023)

Question Asked

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.

Asked by:
Angela Rayner (Labour)

Answer

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.


Answered by:
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
18 July 2023

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