§ 31. Mr. ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made with the counselling scheme for ex-Chatham dockyard workers he announced in June 1997. [36287]
§ Mr. SpellarSince I announced the extended counselling arrangements on 4 June 1997 and up until 26 March, there have been 245 inquiries from former Chatham Dockyard workers to the Radiation Counselling Registry. Of these there have been 233 requests for radiation dose information and 131 applications for counselling. Two hundred and twenty two replies have been made to these requests and 112 persons have been counselled.