Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women in Northern Ireland have been awarded compensation for suffering complications from vaginal mesh implants.

Where women have received vaginal mesh implants in Northern Ireland and pursued claims for compensation having suffered complications, such claims would be pursued in Northern Ireland’s judicial system, and as such fall under the jurisdiction of the legal system in Northern Ireland. This question relates to data in respect of claims for compensation for healthcare in Northern Ireland, which is a devolved matter. As such it is respectfully requested that this question be redirected to the Justice Minister for Northern Ireland or the Minister for Health for Northern Ireland, to be handled at a devolved level.