§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) in each of the last 10 years what has been the cost of removing asbestos;
(2) in how many Ministry of Defence establishments asbestos has been removed; and in how many establishments it is awaiting removal;
(3) how many claims for compensation there have been against the Ministry because of exposure to asbestos dust since 1961; how many (a) have been rejected, (b) are being negotiated and (c) have been successful; and, for those successful what compensation was paid.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.