questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
answerText: The department records sickness absence categorised to show the broad reason for the absence, with one option titled ‘anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses’. As of 31 October 2025, five or fewer members of staff in the department wer...
heading: Department for Education: Mental Health