Question follow-through · 70294
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on policy related to nuclear test veterans.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
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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
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on policy related to nuclear test veterans.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The 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. Many officials from across the Ministry of Defence are working o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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