Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 October 2002. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 24 October 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department categorises ME as a neurological illness.

Answer: Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department categorises ME as a neurological illness. [76269] Jacqui Smith: The Department does not have its own system for categorising conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis in this way. However, it employs the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis appears in the current version, ICD-10, as a neurological illness.

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