Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 15649

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

Tabled: 22 November 2024

Answered: 27 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Liz Saville Roberts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a specified financial compensation scheme for (a) nuclear test veterans present during the nuclear testing programme from 1952 to 1967 and (b) their families

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence has no current plans to develop a specific compensation scheme for either Nuclear Test Veterans or their families. Those who participated in the nuclear test programme and feel they were negatively impacted are able to apply to the...

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