A question on #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #WorkCapabilityAssessment tabled by Sarah Gibson on 13-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Work Capability Assessment
Question ID: 1812630
UIN: 59890
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-13
Asking Member ID: 5239
Asking Member display name: Sarah Gibson
Asking Member handle:
Asking Member Twitter reference: Sarah Gibson
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the (a) guidance and (b) training provided to assessors conducting Work Capability Assessments for people living with ME.
Is named day: false
Date of holding answer:
Date answered: 2025-06-24
Date answer corrected:
Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
Correcting Member ID:
Correcting Member display name:
Correcting Member handle:
Correcting Member Twitter reference:
Answer text: When the FAS Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) contracts commenced, DWP Clinical Policy Group took over ownership of all the clinical Core Training and Guidance Materials (CTGM). These documents, amongst other things, contain clinical condition sp...
Original answer text:
Comparable answer text:
Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true