Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals have been awarded a war disablement pension for mesothelioma since 1994; what estimate he has made of the number of former members of the armed forces who have gone on to develop mesothelioma; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is unable to provide the number of individuals awarded a War Disablement Pension (WDP) for Mesothelioma since 1994 in the time scale requested. However, as at 31 March 2013, 50 individuals were in receipt of a WDP for a recorded condition of Mesothelioma.

The MOD has no estimated data of former personnel with Mesothelioma.