Question follow-through · 34821
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of dose records kept by the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence Business Services · 14 Mar 2025
- Veterans: Medical Records · 8 Apr 2025
- Veterans: Medical Records · 8 Apr 2025
- Veterans: Medical Records · 8 Apr 2025
- Armed Forces: Recruitment · 12 May 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31001 on Veterans: War Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of dose records kept by the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2025
Answer published
This Government is deeply grateful to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their Service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security. I am committed to looking into questions around medical records...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken is for the Defence Medical Service to release a veteran’s medical record post discharge from the Armed Services.
Veterans: Medical Records
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for the Defence Medical Service to release veterans’ medical records to their GP.
Veterans: Medical Records
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel have waited over four months for their medical records to be released by the Defence Medical Service to their civilian GP.
Armed Forces: Recruitment
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in GPs providing medical records on armed forces recruitment.
Old Royal Naval College
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Old Royal Naval College
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with Greenwich Hospital, Royal Museums Greenwich and the Greenwich Foundation on a coordinated plan to secure the future operations of the Old Royal Naval College.
Old Royal Naval College
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential risks to employment, public access and heritage conservation at the Old Royal Naval College.
Old Royal Naval College
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is considering to address capital works required at the Old Royal Naval College.
Warships
20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy vessels are at (a) R1, (b) R2, (c) R3, (d) R4, (e) R5, (f) R6, (g) R7, (h) R8, (i) R9, (j) R10 and (k) R11.
Navy
20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy personnel are at (a) R1, (b) R2, (c) R3, (d) R4, (e) R5, (f) R6, (g) R7, (h) R8, (i) R9, (j) R10 and (k) R11.
Warships
20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy vessels were at (a) High, (b) Very High and (c) Extremely High readiness in each year since 2022.