United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76483
Veterans: Asbestos
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10 September 2025
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17 September 2025 · Answer
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17 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider including those veterans who were exposed to asbestos pre-1987 whilst on active service and who later contract lung cancer in the 2016 lump sum compensation scheme payable currently only
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10 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider including those veterans who were exposed to asbestos pre-1987 whilst on active service and who later contract lung cancer in the 2016 lump sum compensation scheme payable currently only
Source: Commons
17 September 2025
Answer
The lump sum provision under the War Pensions Scheme applies only to veterans suffering from diffuse mesothelioma. Diffuse mesothelioma has a unique causal link to asbestos exposure, and the inexorable nature of the disease coupled with the lack of effect...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-10/76483
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1834076
- uk · wq-1834076 · source updated 17 September 2025