Question reference: S6W-25468
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the entirety of the £1 million mesh fund was needed to deliver the one-off, £1,000 financial support awards to mesh survivors, and if this is not the case, whether it will set out how much of the allocated budget was required to make payments to all successful applicants.
Answer
£648,000.
At the time of its announcement we indicated that the Mesh Fund would have an upper ceiling of £1 million, we have therefore ensured that the remainder of those funds have been invested in other mesh-related initiatives, including the Reimbursement Scheme, in line with calls made in the mesh campaigners’ Charter.