Question follow-through · 35793

Employment: Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people living with a musculoskeletal condition to remain in work.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people living with a musculoskeletal condition to remain in work.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    MSK conditions are one of the leading conditions reported by people who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness in the UK, increasing by 34% between 2018/19 and 2023/24. The ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper sets out government’s plans to refo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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