Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Royal Navy personnel claims in each year since 2016 for compensation for being exposed to asbestos (a) resulted in compensation being paid, (b) were accepted but did not result in compensation being paid to the claimant and (c) were rejected.

Information is not held in the format requested.

Data is not held electronically on how conditions arise, including exposure to Asbestos. It is possible that claimants may attribute certain conditions to Asbestos exposure when submitting a claim. However, the claims process uses medical evidence to assess the condition independent of the cause and it is the condition which is recorded.