Question follow-through · 109195
Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will consider recognising Long Covid as an occupational disease.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will consider recognising Long Covid as an occupational disease.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on the changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit can be paid.IIAC has published Command Pape...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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