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Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear veterans have (a) applied for and (b) been refused compensation under the War Pension Scheme.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
18 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear veterans have (a) applied for and (b) been refused compensation under the War Pension Scheme.

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 13419 on 19 November 2024 to the hon.Member for the Wrekin (Mark Pritchard).

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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