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Radioisotopes: Security

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 13 March 2026UIN 117713

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the security of UK medical isotope supply.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The responsibility for the security of UK medical isotope supply sits with the Department for Health and Social Care’

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