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Question follow-through · 14931

USA: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access to compensation from his Department family members of UK service personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune have for illness resulting from contamination.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
26 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access to compensation from his Department family members of UK service personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune have for illness resulting from contamination.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    I once again encourage anyone who was based at Camp Lejeune between 1 August 1953 and 31 December 1987 to write to the Ministry of Defence so that we may provide them with advice. The contamination of water at Camp Lejeune was known for almost two years b...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list communications issued from his Department to potential victims of water contamination in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.

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North Carolina: Water

2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) on what dates and (b) how his Department contacted service personnel on potential exposure to water contaminants in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.

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North Carolina: Water

2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department has discharged its duty of care to service (a) personnel and (b) families for potential contamination by toxic chemicals in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 and 1987.

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Israel: Military Aid

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