Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 March 2000. It was answered by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 March 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the ill health retirement guidelines for ME sufferers who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 13 March 2000).

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will review the ill health retirement guidelines for ME sufferers who are members of the Local government Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. [114380] Ms Armstrong: [holding answer 13 March 2000]: There are no medical guidelines on ill-health retirement for Local Government Pension Scheme members suffering from ME published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Decisions on whether or not to retire an employee on medical grounds are for individual local authority employers to take within their available powers.

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