Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192319 on Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses, if he will publish further details of the work his Department is undertaking with (a) other Departments and (b) organisations to increase the Department's understanding of the potential relationship between NHS waiting lists and long-term sickness in the labour market through analysis of available data.

Work to better understand any potential relationship between NHS waiting lists and long-term sickness in the labour market through the analysis of available data is ongoing. The department has no plans to publish any further details at this stage.