Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 26709

Employment: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the economy of economic inactivity due to myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Department has not made an estimate of the cost to the economy of economic inactivity due to myalgic encephalomyelitis. The Department is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including myalgic encephalomyelitis, w...

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