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Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will return blood and diagnostics tests taken after detonation to UK nuclear test veterans.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 32 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will return blood and diagnostics tests taken after detonation to UK nuclear test veterans.

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    I have met with representatives of the nuclear test veteran community and am committed to continuing that engagement to consider the concerns raised, including looking into questions raised on medical records. Nuclear test veterans can request access to t...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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