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Veterans: Radiation Exposure

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 128192

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on his review of the records of nuclear test veterans.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones

The records exercise is nearing completion, and I shall update the House in due course. In parallel, as part of wider work, over 19,300 historic nuclear testing records are now publicly accessible having been transferred to the National Archives from the Merlin database.

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