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Written question asked by Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 October 2005.


Gulf War Illnesses

Question
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Drayson on 21 July (WA 281) on payments so far made in respect of illnesses contracted by troops involved in the current deployment to Iraq, what would have been the cost of, and time involved in, providing the information required to answer the Question.
Answer

In order to provide the information requested by Lord Morris of Manchester, over 250 cases would need individually examining in order to establish the number and amount of payments made so far in respect of illnesses contracted by troops involved in the 2003 Gulf conflict.It is estimated that the cost of performing the above task would be in excess of the accepted threshold (£600) for invoking a ““disproportionate effort”” response.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1530; 674 c128-9WA
Session
2005-06
Related items
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Subjects
Compensation Armed forces Costs Armed conflict Diseases Iraq Iraq conflict
Link
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