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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many members of (a) the Fourth Armoured Brigade, (b) the Seventh Armoured Brigade, (c) the First Armoured Division Force Maintenance Area, (d) the RAF and (e) the Royal Navy involved in Operation Granby in 1991 have since been examined by...

Asked by

Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

25 January 2006

For answer on

30 January 2006

Answered on

2 February 2006

Since the Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment programme was established in 1993, it has medically assessed 3,278 1990–91 Gulf veterans. Of those seen, 2,521 were Army, 299 Navy and 458 RAF, of whom 117,17 and 27 respectively had neurological disorders.No unusual diseases or pattern of diseases were found. Of 161 cases of neurological disorder, the most common was migraine (43), followed by epilepsy (28) (22 idiopathic, 6 post traumatic) and multiple sclerosis (19). Of the 161 only one was medically assessed as a result of service in the Gulf. The remaining 71 veterans suffered a miscellaneous group of disorders, some of a genetic nature, others extant before deployment to the Gulf and others developing many years after return from the Gulf, none of which were assessed by Medical Assessment programme physicians to be caused by either deployment to the Gulf or medical countermeasures used during that campaign.In relation to auto-immune illnesses, there have been three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus autoimmune disease, and three cases of common variable immunodeficiency. Two of the latter were asymptomatic and discovered by chance. None of these six cases was assessed as being due to service in the 1990–91 Gulf conflict. However, since 2002, routine investigations for immune diseases have not been routinely undertaken unless clinically indicated.Information is not held centrally on the individual units that patients of the Medical Assessment programme served with in theatre, or the number of war pensions in payment to patients that have attended, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Date

2 February 2006

Reference

46864; 442 c703W;442 c703W

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House of Commons

Gulf War Illness

(2) how many cases of diagnosed (a) neurological and (b) auto-immune illnesses in 1991 Gulf war veterans have been examined by the Gulf War Medical Assessment programme since 1992.

Asked by

Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

25 January 2006

For answer on

30 January 2006

Answered on

2 February 2006

Date

2 February 2006

Reference

46872; 442 c703W;442 c703W

House

House of Commons

Iraq

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many neurologists were employed by his Department in 2003; and how many were deployed with Operation Telic.

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Marquess of Lothian (Conservative)

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Ministry of Defence

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

23 January 2006

Reference

44218; 441 c1713W

House

House of Commons

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