§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 20 January 1999,Official Report, column 460–61, on RN Base Faslane, on what occasions radiation supervisors have been required to carry out the work of radiation monitors in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions all duty supervisors were carrying out such work. [69086]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThere are no prescribed occasions when a Supervisor has to carry out the work of a monitor, however, supervisors can enter radiological areas as part of their duties. The number of occasions when duty supervisors carried out the work of a monitor cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.614W However, the number of times supervisors have entered radiological areas in each of the last five years is as follows:
- 1994: 257
- 1995: 219
- 1996: 264
- 1997: 184
- 1998: 38.