Question follow-through · 103015

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Yeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions to (i) return to and (ii) enter into work in Yeovil constituency.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 5 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2026
Answer: 13 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions to (i) return to and (ii) enter into work in Yeovil constituency.
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
Just under 18 million people in England were estimated to be affected by musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in 2023 and improving their health and work outcomes will help deliver this government's mission to kickstart economic growth. MSK problems were one ...

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