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1624152

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date	26/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Depleted Uranium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of providing Ukraine with depleted uranium shells on radiation levels.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	182936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>Depleted uranium rounds obviously have a high impact upon those in the target armoured vehicle. Beyond that the effects are limited, primarily to the remains of the targeted vehicle and some potential heavy metal contamination localised around the impact zone. Radiation from depleted uranium is not discernible from natural background radiation at impact sites.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 03/05/2023 10:41:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1608193

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Depleted Uranium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of deploying depleted uranium shells to Ukraine on (a) the environment and (b) civilian health.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	175554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <p>Depleted uranium rounds obviously have a high impact upon those in the target armoured vehicle. Beyond that the effects are limited, primarily to the remains of the targeted vehicle and some potential heavy metal contamination localised around the impact zone. Radiation from depleted uranium is not discernible from natural background radiation at impact sites.</p><p> </p><p>The use of depleted uranium munitions have been investigated by the Royal Society, World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environmental Program, the International Atomic Energy Agency, NATO, the Centres for Disease Control, the European Commission, and others. None of these inquiries has documented long-term environmental or health effects attributable to use of these munitions. The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) places depleted uranium in 'group 3' - not carcinogenic to humans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/04/2023 10:07:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1607843

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Depleted Uranium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has delivered depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	174439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Alongside our granting of a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, we are providing ammunition including armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium. Such rounds are highly effective in defeating modern tanks and armoured vehicles.</p><p>The environmental and long-term health effects of the use of depleted uranium munitions have been thoroughly investigated by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environmental Program, the International Atomic Energy Agency, NATO, the Centres for Disease Control, the European Commission, and others, none of which has documented long-term environmental or health effects attributable to use of these munitions.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/03/2023 08:53:19 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1607844

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Depleted Uranium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Russian forces have used depleted uranium munitions in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	174440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is unaware of any credible open-source reports of Russia using depleted uranium in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/03/2023 08:58:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill