Written question asked by Ken Livingstone (Labour) on Thursday, 5 March 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 13 March 1998. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Friday, 13 March 1998 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what year each of the war pensions for former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programmes in Australia and the South Pacific and developed multiple myeloma were awarded. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in what year each of the war pensions for former service personnel who participated in the nuclear tests programmes in Australia and the South Pacific and developed multiple myeloma were awarded. [33876] Mr. Denham: The information is in the table. Awards of war disablement and war widows pension _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of award Awards of war disablement pension Awards of war widows pension 1988 2 1 1990 1 1 1991 1 -- 1992 3 1 1994 1 -- 1995 2 -- Total 10 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 33876; 308 c400W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Cancer Australia Nuclear weapons Testing War pensions Christmas Island Veterans
Contains statistics: Yes