Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 182943

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

Tabled: 26 April 2023
Answered: 3 May 2023
Named Day

Question

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, how many reports his Department has made on exposure of Sea King air crew to exhaust fumes.

Answer

Dr Andrew Murrison
There have been five Occupational Hygiene surveys looking at exposure to different components of Sea King exhaust fumes carried out by the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine and the Institute of Naval Medicine, the first of which was in 1999.