Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 76483

Veterans: Asbestos

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 17 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider including those veterans who were exposed to asbestos pre-1987 whilst on active service and who later contract lung cancer in the 2016 lump sum compensation scheme payable currently only

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones

The lump sum provision under the War Pensions Scheme applies only to veterans suffering from diffuse mesothelioma. Diffuse mesothelioma has a unique causal link to asbestos exposure, and the inexorable nature of the disease coupled with the lack of effect...

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