| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Hearing Impairment |
| Question ID: |
1791375 |
| UIN: |
43393 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5089 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Obese-Jecty
|
| Asking Member handle: |
BenObeseJecty
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenObeseJecty
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) maximum and (c) total cost of claims was for hearing loss in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) Royal Marines and (iv) Royal Air Force between March 2003 and the implementation of the |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
|
| Answering Member handle: |
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
Between March 2003 and 1 April 2015 which was the start of the implementation of the Tactical Hearing Protection System programme the total cost of common law claims for noise-induced hearing loss claims was £110 million. This includes damages and claiman... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |