Parliament Workbench
Data: Motions & questions to 19 Nov 2026

Written Question · S2W-00024 · Session 2

What investigations it has carried out into any potential health risks associated with radio masts being supplied by Airwave MM02 Ltd for t…

Answered Asked by Iain Smith LD Lodged 8 May 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations it has carried out into any potential health risks associated with radio masts being supplied by Airwave MM02 Ltd for the new police forces communications service.

The answer

Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 Jun 2003 · 26 days after it was lodged, 6 days after it was due

The new police communications system being supplied by Airwave MM02 uses the Terrestrial Trunked Radio standard (TETRA). The issue of possible health effects caused by signals from TETRA base stations was addressed in a report by the National Radiological Protection Board's independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation. The report, entitled Possible Health Effects from Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA): Report of an Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, was published in 2002. Access to it can be obtained via the NRPB Website:http://www.nrpb.org/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd12-2.htm.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-00024 by reference.