Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made in providing (a) financial and (b) non-financial redress to women affected by sodium valproate in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer
I refer the Hon Member to my response to the Adjournment Debate on 29 October, where these issues were discussed at length.
Verdict: RED (12/100) DEFERRED
This reply did not substantively answer either part of the question. On financial redress, it only referred the Member back to an earlier Adjournment Debate response and gave no new progress. On non-financial redress, it said only that the issues had been discussed at length, without describing any progress or mentioning Surrey Heath. The asker would most likely need to submit a follow-up to get specific information.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| What progress the Department has made in providing financial redress to women affected by sodium valproate in Surrey Heath constituency | Deferred | Hedged | The reply only refers the Member to an earlier Adjournment Debate response and gives no progress on financial redress itself, so the substantive answer is deferred to another document rather than given here. |
| What progress the Department has made in providing non-financial redress to women affected by sodium valproate in Surrey Heath constituency | Not Addressed | Generic | The statement that 'these issues were discussed at length' does not describe any progress on non-financial redress, or refer to Surrey Heath, so it does not engage with what was asked. |