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Bomb Disposal: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent service personnel working in the bomb disposal portfolio from contracting medical diseases.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
27 Mar 2025
Answer
1 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent service personnel working in the bomb disposal portfolio from contracting medical diseases.

  2. 27 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to the health and safety of our people and we have robust policies and processes in place to ensure Defence activities are conducted in a safe manner. We will keep the evidence base for associations between milit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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