First elected: 9th June 1983
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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The Department has been engaged with the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment throughout the production of its report on Dalgety Bay, andour priority throughout has been to make sure that it is comprehensive, accurate and up to date.
During this process information was provided to the Committee for due consideration prior to final publication.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) published the Dalgety Bay Management Strategy report on 10 July 2014. The MOD has agreed in principle to implement the measures recommended in the report, though the arrangements are subject to discussion with other parties.
Consultation on implementing the strategy will now be led by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, which will set out its timetable.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) published the Dalgety Bay Management Strategy report on 10 July 2014. The MOD has agreed in principle to implement the measures recommended in the report, though the arrangements are subject to discussion with other parties.
Consultation on implementing the strategy will now be led by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, which will set out its timetable.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) published the Dalgety Bay Management Strategy report on 10 July 2014. The MOD has agreed in principle to implement the measures recommended in the report, though the arrangements are subject to discussion with other parties.
Consultation on implementing the strategy will now be led by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, which will set out its timetable.
In 2006 the then Health Protection Agency (HPA) Radiological Protection Authority advised that radioactive contamination on Dalgety Bay presented a low risk to the public. A more recent scoping risk assessment undertaken in 2011 by the HPA Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards at the bequest of the Scottish Government concluded that the risk to health was very low.
The view of the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (now part of Public Health England) remains unchanged. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is completing a detailed quantitative risk assessment to inform the longer term management strategy which will be available in due course.
Copies of the advice received by MOD together with a copy of the more detailed risk assessment, when published, will be placed in the Library of the House.
In 2006 the then Health Protection Agency (HPA) Radiological Protection Authority advised that radioactive contamination on Dalgety Bay presented a low risk to the public. A more recent scoping risk assessment undertaken in 2011 by the HPA Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards at the bequest of the Scottish Government concluded that the risk to health was very low.
The view of the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (now part of Public Health England) remains unchanged. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is completing a detailed quantitative risk assessment to inform the longer term management strategy which will be available in due course.
Copies of the advice received by MOD together with a copy of the more detailed risk assessment, when published, will be placed in the Library of the House.
The right hon. Member will be aware that the Ministry of Defence remains committed to working alongside the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and other interested parties as part of a coalition to address the issue of radioactive contamination at Dalgety Bay in the long term.
I am pleased to be able to report that the Department remains on track to define and deliver a proposal informed by the work of Public Health England and the more detailed risk assessment for SEPA to assess the wider implications of implementation on stakeholders and the local community from the end of June 2014.