HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 c584W
Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have received compensation for asbestos-related conditions since 1987.

Mr. Soames

None.

Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many MoD civilian employees have been awarded compensation for asbestos-related conditions since 1964.

Mr. Soames

Statistics have been maintained only since 1 April 1985, since when there have been 1,340 payments of compensation to civilian employees of my Department for asbestos-related conditions.