Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 18 March 2024.
Mel Stride
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Among the major drivers of the increase to which the hon. Gentleman refers are mental health issues and musculoskeletal issues. I am not entirely sure that he is accurate when he says that the upward trajectory in the number occurred just as vaccination occurred—I think it predated that moment—and I certainly do not subscribe to the view that vaccination is in any way unsafe.