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date	26/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have the necessary security clearance to access the (i) Merlin database and (ii) documentation stored on the Merlin database pertaining to the nuclear test programme and its veterans.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	11618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the answer I gave on 23 January to Question 10374 from the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey), seven officials at the Atomic Weapons Establishment have appropriate clearance and are authorised to access the Merlin database.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministers hold clearances appropriate to their roles and responsibilities. As the Minister responsible in the Ministry of Defence for veteran's affairs I retain the relevant clearances to view the information retained on Merlin.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 05/02/2024 14:42:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 10374.docx title AWE: Databases
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

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date	13/03/2023
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	If he will bring forward proposals to allow veterans to apply for access to their biological monitoring tests conducted during their service.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	904037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Veterans or members of their family are already entitled to request information that may be held by the Ministry of Defence, including medical test results, through Subject Access Requests. Information is provided on request to individuals, or representatives acting on their behalf, under General Data Protection Regulation, Chapter 3, Article 15 – Right of access.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2023 16:14:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey