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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much of the funding allocated by his Department for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) was spent on (a) psychological research and (b) research into the physical causes of ME in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much of the funding allocated by his Department for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) was spent on (a) psychological research and (b) research into the physical causes of ME in the latest period for which figures are available.
Asked by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Willetts
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 December 2010
For answer on
14 December 2010
Answered on
15 December 2010
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the main agencies through which the Government supports medical and clinical research. The MRC is an independent body which receives its grant in aid from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The selection of projects for funding is determined through peer review.The MRC does not classify its research projects using the terms 'psychosocial' or 'research into the physical causes' so a breakdown of funding on this basis is not available. In the last 10 years, total MRC expenditure on research relating to CFS/ME was as follows:
Projects included within these figures are as follows:"Professor R K Morriss, University of Liverpool—Exploratory RCT of training General Practitioners to manage patients with persistent Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)""Professor P White, Queen Mary College, London—The PACE trial; A RCT of CBT, graded exercise, adaptive pacing and usual medical care for the chronic fatigue syndrome""Dr A Wearden, University of Manchester—Randomised controlled trial of nurse led self-help treatment for primary care patients with chronic fatigue syndrome""Dr K Bhui, Queen Mary College, London—Chronic Fatigue and Ethnicity""Professor F H Creed, University of Manchester—The feasibility of a population based study of CFS, IBS and CWP""Dr C Clark, Queen Mary College, London—General and specific risk markers and preventive factors for chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndromes"Further information about most of these projects can be found on the MRC's online research portfolio at:"http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ResearchPortfolio/index.htm"
| £ | |
| 2000/01 | 0 |
| 2001/02 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 141,000 |
| 2004/05 | 559,000 |
| 2005/06 | 752,000 |
| 2006/07 | 800,000 |
| 2007/08 | 1,350,000 |
| 2008/09 | 728,000 |
| 2009/10 | 109,000 |
Subjects
ME/CFS; Research
Date
15 December 2010
Reference
30928; 520 c790-1W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between murine leukaemia virus-related virus and myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between murine leukaemia virus-related virus and myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Asked by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Willetts
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 October 2010
For answer on
28 October 2010
Answered on
2 November 2010
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the main agencies through which the Government supports medical and clinical research. In keeping with the Haldane Principle, prioritisation of an individual Research Council's spending within its allocation is not a decision for Ministers. Such decisions are rightly left to those best placed to evaluate the scientific quality, excellence and likely impact of scientific programmes.The MRC is committed to supporting scientific research into all aspects of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), including studies into the biological basis of the condition. In 2009/10 the MRC spent £100,000 on research relating directly to CFS/ME. The Government have not commissioned nor evaluated any research on the relationship between murine leukaemia virus-related virus and CFS/ME.
Subjects
ME/CFS; Research; Leukaemia
Date
2 November 2010
Reference
20350; 517 c750-1W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refusals of disability living allowance in 2003-04 on review were (a) taken to appeal and (b) taken no further; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refusals of disability living allowance in 2003-04 on review were (a) taken to appeal and (b) taken no further; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis, as...
Asked by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 December 2004
For answer on
9 December 2004
Answered on
9 December 2004
Mr. Tom Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many refusals of disability living allowance in 2003-04 on
review were (a) taken to appeal and (b) taken no further; and how many in each category cited myalgic
encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis, as the principal disabling condition.
[202821]
Maria Eagle: This is a matter for Christina Townsend, Chief Executive of the Appeals Service. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Christina Townsend to Mr. Tom Harris, dated 9 December 2004:
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has asked me to reply to your question regarding how many refusals of disability living
allowance in 2003/2004 on review were (a) taken to appeal and (b) taken no further; and how many in each category cited myalgic
encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling condition.
The information requested is not available in the required format as appeals and reviews are recorded by benefit type and not by
condition. However, Disability and Carers Service, the agency responsible for decision-making on disability living allowance claims,
do record claims by condition. The category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis is recorded as chronic fatigue
syndrome. The information in table 1 gives details of all claims for disability living allowance and claims citing chronic fatigue
syndrome as the principal disabling condition. Table 2 details the number of disability living allowance reviews registered and the
outcomes. Table 3 shows the number of disability living allowance appeals received together with the outcomes.
Table 1: All disability living allowance and chronic fatigue syndrome recipients as at 29 February 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Claims (thousand)
All Disability Living Allowance 2,579.2
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 14.5
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes:
1. Cases where payment of benefit has been suspended are excluded. 2. Figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample at
29 February 2004 3. From November 2002, the methodology for producing these figures was changed to allow statistics to be
published much sooner This has resulted in a small increase in the reported caseload. This is because some cases which have actually
terminated but have not yet been updated on the computer system are now included. Information relating to myalgic encephalomyelitis
is not available within the DLA data available from the Appeals Service databases.
Table 2: disability living allowance reviews registered, allowed and disallowed for the financial year 2003-04
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
DLA Reviews
Registered 255,715
Disallowed 4,435
Successful 116,075
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Note:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. Source: MIS Computer System, 100 per cent. data.
Table 3: DLA Appeals received at the Appeals Service and decisions at hearing for the financial year April 2003 to March 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency
Lodged 89,020
Received 84,115
Cleared at Hearing 71,795
Cleared in Favour 37,225
Cleared against 95
Cleared upheld 33,580
Cleared others 895
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes:
1. All figures are subject to change as more up to date data becomes available. 2. Figures for the latest months may rise
significantly as information feeds through to the Appeals Service. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. 4. Figures may not
sum due to rounding. Lodged--Number of Lodgements received at the First Tier Agency. Received--Number of Receipts at the Appeals
Service. Cleared at Hearing--All Appeals cleared at hearing. Cleared in Favour--All decisions found in favour of the appellant.
Cleared Against--All decisions against the appellant. Cleared Upheld--The original decision remains. Cleared Others--Other decisions
such as Strike outs, Revised periods. Source: I AD Information Centre, 100 per cent. sample
I hope this reply is helpful.
Subjects
Disability living allowance; Appeals; Applications; Benefits rules; ME/CFS; Reviews
Date
9 December 2004
Reference
202821; 428 c660-2W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance in 2003-04 taken to appeal were (a) refused on appeal and (b) granted on appeal; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance in 2003-04 taken to appeal were (a) refused on appeal and (b) granted on appeal; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis,...
Asked by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 December 2004
For answer on
9 December 2004
Answered on
9 December 2004
Mr. Tom Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance in
2003-04 taken to appeal were (a) refused on appeal and (b) granted on appeal; and how many in each category cited
myalgic encephalomyelitis, or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis, as the principal disabling
condition. [202820]
Maria Eagle: This is a matter for Christina Townsend, Chief Executive of the Appeals Service. She will write to the hon. Member.
Christina Townsend, Chief Executive 5th Floor
Letter from Christina Townsend to Mr. Tom Harris, dated 9 December 2004:
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has asked me to reply to your question regarding how many applications for disability
living allowance in 2003 2004 taken to appeal were (a) refused on appeal and (b) granted on appeal; and how many in each category
cited myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling
condition.
The information requested is not available in the required format as appeals are recorded by benefit type and not by condition.
However, Disability and Carers Service, the agency responsible for decision-making on disability living allowance claims, do record
claims by condition. The category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis is recorded as chronic fatigue syndrome.
The information in table 1 gives details of all claims for disability living allowance and claims citing chronic fatigue syndrome as
the principal disabling condition. Table 2 shows the number of disability living allowance appeals received and the outcomes.
Table 1: All disability living allowance and chronic fatigue syndrome recipients as at 29 February 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Claims (Thousand)
All Disability Living Allowance 2,579.2
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 14.5
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes:
1. Cases where payment of benefit has been suspended are excluded. 2. Figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample at
29 February 2004. 3. From November 2002, the methodology for producing these figures was changed to allow statistics to be
published much sooner This has resulted in a small increase in the reported caseload. This is because some cases which have actually
terminated but have not yet been updated on the computer system are now included. Information relating to myalgic encephalomyelitis
is not available within the DLA data available from the Appeals Service databases.
Table 2: DLA Appeals received at the Appeals Service and decisions at hearing for the financial year April 2003 to March 2004.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency
Lodged 89,020
Received 84,115
Cleared at hearing 71,795
Cleared in favour 37,225
Cleared against 95
Cleared upheld 33,580
Cleared others 895
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes:
1. All figures are subject to change as more up to date data becomes available. 2. Figures for the latest months may rise
significantly as information feeds through to the Appeals Service. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. 4. Figures may not
sum due to rounding. Lodged--Number of Lodgements received at the First Tier Agency Received--Number of Receipts at the Appeals
Service Cleared at Hearing--All Appeals cleared at hearing. Cleared in Favour--All decisions found in favour of the appellant
Cleared Against--All decisions against the appellant Cleared Upheld--The original decision remains Cleared Others--Other decisions
such as Strike outs, Revised periods. Source: IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. sample.
Subjects
Disability living allowance; Appeals; Applications; Benefits rules; ME/CFS
Date
9 December 2004
Reference
202820; 428 c660-2W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those cases taken to review for disability living allowance in 2003-04 (a) were refused on review and (b) were granted on review; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those cases taken to review for disability living allowance in 2003-04 (a) were refused on review and (b) were granted on review; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating...
Asked by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 December 2004
For answer on
9 December 2004
Answered on
9 December 2004
Mr. Tom Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many of those cases taken to review for disability
living allowance in 2003-04 (a) were refused on review and (b) were granted on review; and how many in each category
cited myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling
condition; [202822]
(2) how many of those cases refused disability living allowance on application in 2003-04 (a) were taken to review,
(b) were taken to appeal without prior review and (c) were taken no further; and how many in each category cited
myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling
condition; [202823] (3) how many claims were lodged for disability living allowance in 2003-04; and how many cited myalgic
encephalomyelitis or the category most closely approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling condition;
[202824]
(4) how many of the total claims lodged for disability living allowance in 2003-04 (a) were refused on application and
(b) were granted on application; and how many in each category cited myalgic encephalomyelitis or the category most closely
approximating to myalgic encephalomyelitis as the principal disabling condition. [202825]
Maria Eagle: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out as follows.
Disability living allowance (DLA) 2003-04
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
All claims1 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)2
Number of claims made 442,150 n/a
Number of claims allowed 217,525 12,300
Number of claims refused 220,215 n/a
Number of claims reconsidered 120,510 n/a
Number of claims refused after 4,435 n/a
reconsideration
Number of claims allowed after 116,075 n/a
reconsideration
Number of appeals received 84,115 n/a
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1 The figures for all claims are taken from the MIS computer system, 100 per cent. data for year ended 31 March 2004.
Figures are in thousands rounded to the nearest 5. 2 Figures for new awards for chronic fatigue syndromes, including ME/post viral
medical conditions, are taken from a 5 per cent. sample for year ended 31 May 2004. Figures are in thousands rounded
to the nearest 100. Notes: 1. From November 2002, the methodology for producing the figures for all claims was changed to allow
statistics to be published much sooner. This has resulted in a small increase in the reported caseload. This is because some cases
which have actually terminated but have not yet been updated on the computer system are now included. 2. Claims received in one year
are not necessarily cleared in the same year. 3. The number of claims reconsidered include applicants who received an award at a
lower rate and/or for a shorter duration. 4. The figure for appeals received at the Appeals Service cannot be broken down by appeals
without prior reconsideration and those that were received after reconsideration. 5. Medical conditions are not recorded on the MIS
system and only a total figure can be provided.
Subjects
Disability living allowance; Appeals; Applications; Benefits rules; ME/CFS; Reviews
Date
9 December 2004
Reference
428 c662-3W; 202822;202823;202824;202825
House
House of Commons