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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (a) in England and (b) in Worcestershire. - The Department does not hold the information requested.

Asked by

Peter Luff (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 March 2005

Reference

431 c1219W; 218902

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on funding for ME treatment in Lancashire.

Asked by

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c163W;431 c165W; 215514

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions;Appeals Service

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)

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.

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

202821; 428 c660-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions;Appeals Service

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)

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.

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

202820; 428 c660-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

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)

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.

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

428 c662-3W; 202822;202823;202824;202825

House

House of Commons

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