Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what step his Department is taking to help reduce rates of chronic illness among working-age adults.

We are expanding the NHS Health Check and home blood pressure monitoring to manage hypertension and through the Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS England has secured providers of Low-Calorie Diet programmes in 10 local systems. With NHS England, we published ‘Musculoskeletal health: 5 year prevention strategic framework’ which prioritises supporting employers and employees to understand the benefits of good musculoskeletal health.