Ministerial Corrections
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Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure
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Chris Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what benchmarking assessment his Department has made of the provisions for nuclear test veteran compensation under the US Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
[Official Report, 8 December 2010, Vol. 520, c. 281W.]
Letter of correction from Mr Andrew Robathan:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) on 8 December 2010.
The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Robathan
No benchmarking has taken place.
In the United Kingdom evidence was provided in the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) reports of the three follow-up studies on the health of over 20,000 nuclear test participants and a matched group of military controls. For the United States atomic veterans no comparable large scale epidemiological US study was carried out.
The Ministry of Defence also provides pensions automatically to nuclear test veterans who have one of a list of 22 cancers presumed to be causally linked to service. For other cancers, claims may be accepted on the basis of calculated radiation exposure assessment. In the US, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) will pay a one time lump sum of 75,000 US dollars for cancers on their own list.
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Robathan
No benchmarking has taken place.
In the United Kingdom evidence was provided in the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) reports of the three follow-up studies on the health of over 20,000 nuclear test participants and a matched group of military controls. For the United States atomic veterans no comparable large scale epidemiological US study was carried out.
The US Department for Veterans Affairs provides pensions automatically to nuclear test veterans who have one of a list of 22 cancers presumed to be causally linked to service. For other cancers, claims may be accepted on the basis of calculated radiation exposure assessment. In the US, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) will pay a one time lump sum of 75,000 US dollars for cancers on their own list.
Air Force: Scotland
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Angus Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on redevelopment work at each Royal Air Force base in Scotland in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of his Department's likely expenditure on such work in each of the next five years.
[Official Report, 16 December 2010, Vol. 520, c. 891W.]
Letter of correction from Mr Nick Harvey:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) on 16 December 2010.
The full answer given was as follows:
Nick Harvey
The expenditure on redevelopment (defined as capital expenditure and minor new works) for the major RAF stations in the UK since financial year 2006-07 is shown in the following table:
£ million | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
RAF Kinloss | 5.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
RAF Leuchars | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
RAF Lossiemouth | 5.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
Information prior to the financial year 2005-06 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Some of the expenditure has been split between individual financial years on an estimated basis.
The Ministry of Defence is in the process of completing its annual planning round which will allocate future programme budgets. This is expected to conclude in early 2011.
The correct answer should have been:
Nick Harvey
The expenditure on redevelopment (defined as capital expenditure and minor new works) for the major RAF stations in the UK since financial year 2006-07 is shown in the following table:
£ million | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
RAF Kinloss | 5.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
RAF Leuchars | 4.7 | 24.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
RAF Lossiemouth | 5.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
Information prior to the financial year 2005-06 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Some of the expenditure has been split between individual financial years on an estimated basis.
The Ministry of Defence is in the process of completing its annual planning round which will allocate future programme budgets. This is expected to conclude in early 2011.