Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 21 June 2018, Official Report, column 232WH, on ME: Treatment and Research, what steps his Department has taken to collaborate with the Department for Work and Pensions on guidance for healthcare professionals for the assessment of people with ME.

The Department is not directly responsible for producing training and clinical guidance for healthcare professionals. Such guidance is a matter for organisations such as National Institute for Health and Care Excellence or clinical professional organisations such as the Royal College of Physicians.