Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been awarded a war disablement pension for mesothelioma since 1996.

Anna Soubry

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 7 May 2014 (Official Report, columns 165w-166w). The Ministry of Defence are unable to provide the number of individuals awarded a War Disablement Pension (WDP) for Mesothelioma since 1996 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.