DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS Professor Mansel Aylward CB Chief Medical Adviser Room 64, Adelphi 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT “Tl: 020-7962-8702 Fax: 020-7712-2330 mail: manselaviward@dwp.gsigov.uk DrP D White Reader in Psychological Medicine Department of Psychiatry Barts and The Lor St Bartholomews Hospital William Harvey House West Smithfield LONDON ECIA 7BE 22 July, 2004 Dear Peter, Re: Conflicts of Interest of Independent Members of the PACE Trial Steering. Committee Tt seems I had overlooked responding to your letter of 18 June, on the above subject. I apologise and am remedying that here. 1 thus write to confirm that I have no conflicts of interest, particularly in respect of any of Financial nature,tegarding the PACE trial. With kind regards. Yours sincerely, Professor Mansel Aylward CB MD FFPM FFOM FRCP Chief Medical Adviser, Medical Director and Chief Scientist