United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 200586
Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure
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10 December 2018
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13 December 2018 · Answer
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13 December 2018
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on data that was gathered from blood samples taken from servicemen (a) before, (b) during and (c) after their service at the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
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10 December 2018
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on data that was gathered from blood samples taken from servicemen (a) before, (b) during and (c) after their service at the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
Source: Commons
13 December 2018
Answer
The Ministry of Defence is unable to locate any information that suggests that Atomic Weapons Research Establishment staff took blood samples for radiological monitoring at the tests. Service personnel who were present may have had blood samples taken dur...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-12-10/200586
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1022982
- uk · wq-1022982 · source updated 13 December 2018