HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 cc602-3W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) former service personnel and (b) members of their families have made appeals to the Pensions Appeals Tribunal since 1970 for compensation arising out of their participation in experiments at the chemical defence establishment Porton Down; how many have been awarded compensation; and how many are awaiting adjudication. [132775]

Mr. Bayley

The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.