Question follow-through · 121453
Employment: Back Pain and Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support those with back pain and musculoskeletal sick notes to get back to the workplace.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support those with back pain and musculoskeletal sick notes to get back to the workplace.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
Musculoskeletal (MSK) problems were one of the leading causes of sickness absence in the UK in 2024. Early detection and prevention, including increasing access to employment advice, can support people with MSK conditions getting into and remaining in wor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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