Congenital Abnormalities: Compensation

Sir Paul Beresford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much compensation the Government has paid out to people who had birth defects caused by the side-effects of pharmaceutical treatment in the last 30 years.

Ann Keen
The Department’s financial records indicate that no such compensation has been paid in the period since 2001-02.

Information prior to this date could be provided only at disproportionate cost.