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388159

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government is assisting the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen by the provision of (a) personnel, (b) aircraft, (c) training and (d) any other type of support.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>In addition to UK personnel wholly providing support for British-supplied equipment, we have a small number of liaison personnel in Saudi coalition Headquarters, including the Maritime Coalition Co-ordination Centre that supports the enablement of humanatarian aid into Yemen. There are no UK aircraft or training in direct support of Saudi operations. We continue to supply equipment that conforms to our export criteria.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/07/2015 16:22:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1022981

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of war pension applications claiming injury as a result of radiation exposure were (a) approved, (b) denied and (c) approved on appeal in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	200585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/12/2018 16:54:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934401

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has retained records of the health monitoring carried out during UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>As is normal practice, Service medical records are retained for nuclear test participants, but these individual military medical records are not held centrally.</p><p>Records held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment include those related to the single use film badges, which, as is normal practice, were destroyed after their measurements were recorded. In some cases measurements were not taken because the badges were lost or damaged in situ. Where measurements were found to align with background levels readings were, in some cases, not retained.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 160134 160135 question first answered 11/07/2018 14:23:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934402

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the fate of the film badges worn by veterans who were present during the British nuclear tests carried out in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>As is normal practice, Service medical records are retained for nuclear test participants, but these individual military medical records are not held centrally.</p><p>Records held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment include those related to the single use film badges, which, as is normal practice, were destroyed after their measurements were recorded. In some cases measurements were not taken because the badges were lost or damaged in situ. Where measurements were found to align with background levels readings were, in some cases, not retained.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 160133 160135 question first answered 11/07/2018 14:23:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934403

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the radiation readings measured by the film badges worn by veterans during the nuclear tests carried out in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>As is normal practice, Service medical records are retained for nuclear test participants, but these individual military medical records are not held centrally.</p><p>Records held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment include those related to the single use film badges, which, as is normal practice, were destroyed after their measurements were recorded. In some cases measurements were not taken because the badges were lost or damaged in situ. Where measurements were found to align with background levels readings were, in some cases, not retained.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 160133 160134 question first answered 11/07/2018 14:23:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934404

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the alpha radiation contamination on Christmas Island during the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Alpha radiation was not routinely measured to monitor the environment because measuring beta and gamma radiation was more efficient.</p><p>Alpha monitoring equipment was held at Christmas Island as a contingency in the event of an accident, but was never required.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/07/2018 14:24:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934405

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the (a) protection and (b) safety training that was provided to service personnel who collected monitoring equipment and assessed bomb damage after the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Information is held which confirms that regulations were in place to ensure that protection and safety information was given by the officer responsible to all personnel involved in each task. This included subjects such as basic training in nuclear weapon effect and health physics for all ranks, personal protection and issue and use of protective clothing and dosemeters and training in radiological safety.</p><p>The tests took place over or off an uninhabited part of Christmas Island. Inhabitants of other parts of the island would have been protected by generic safety precautions such as designated restricted areas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 160138 160141 question first answered 11/07/2018 16:56:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934409

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the mental health of veterans involved in UK nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the mental health of veterans of the UK's atmospheric nuclear weapons tests.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/07/2018 14:25:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934411

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of aircrew who flew through mushroom clouds on UK nuclear test sampling missions in the 1950s and 1960s that are still alive.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information nor have we estimated the number of aircrew still alive.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/07/2018 16:56:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

934414

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on what information nuclear veterans were given on the exposure risks relating to the nuclear tests they were involved in during the 1950s and 1960s.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Information is held which confirms that regulations were in place to ensure that protection and safety information was given by the officer responsible to all personnel involved in each task. This included subjects such as basic training in nuclear weapon effect and health physics for all ranks, personal protection and issue and use of protective clothing and dosemeters and training in radiological safety.</p><p>The tests took place over or off an uninhabited part of Christmas Island. Inhabitants of other parts of the island would have been protected by generic safety precautions such as designated restricted areas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 160137 160138 question first answered 11/07/2018 16:56:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest