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Employment: Headaches

Asked by Peter LambLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 June 2026UIN 5159

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to (a) collect and (b) publish data on the number of people whose work capability is affected by (i) migraine and (ii) related headache disorders.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department does collect data on people whose work capability is affected by (i) migraine and (ii) related headache disorders. We publish WCA health conditions outcomes data by ICD10 summary groups because people may have multiple conditions within each summary group. Therefore, only the summary group is retained for publication purposes.

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