Written question asked by Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 10 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths of (a) former soldiers and (b) his Department's personnel have been attributable to (i) cancer and (ii) leukaemia in each of the last 20 years.

Answer: Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths of (a) former soldiers and (b) his Department's personnel have been attributable to (i) cancer and (ii) leukaemia in each of the last 20 years. [222020] Mr. Caplin: Apart from Ministry of Defence studies into specific groups, e.g. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf Conflict, there is no mortality data routinely collected on former Service personnel. Information on the causes of death of civilian personnel is not collected by the Department.

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