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Surgical Mesh Implants and Sodium Valproate: Compensation

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112853

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent civil servants are working on his Department's response to the Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 Februar

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

Civil servants often contribute to a range of policy areas within the Department, therefore it is not possible to provide specific staff numbers for those that are exclusively working on the Department’s response to the Hughes Report.

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