Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional case funding were (a) made and (b) granted for clinical negligence where the case relates to vaginal mesh implants in each of the last five years.

From the inception of the Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) scheme in April 2013, there have been no applications for ECF either lodged or granted for clinical negligence claims relating to vaginal mesh implants.