Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on what information nuclear veterans were given on the exposure risks relating to the nuclear tests they were involved in during the 1950s and 1960s.

Information is held which confirms that regulations were in place to ensure that protection and safety information was given by the officer responsible to all personnel involved in each task. This included subjects such as basic training in nuclear weapon effect and health physics for all ranks, personal protection and issue and use of protective clothing and dosemeters and training in radiological safety.

The tests took place over or off an uninhabited part of Christmas Island. Inhabitants of other parts of the island would have been protected by generic safety precautions such as designated restricted areas.