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Written Question
Armed Forces: Injuries
Monday 13th September 2021

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, how many service personnel were not medically discharged despite having major injuries in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

“Major injuries” have been interpreted as injuries that have a NOTICAS (notification of casualty) listing of Very Seriously Injured (VSI) or Seriously Injured (SI), a limb amputation, or a Health and Safety incident with a Major or Specified severity. It is possible to recover from a ‘major’ injury and be retained in service in the same or an alternative role.

Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2021, there were 10,915 UK Service personnel who suffered a major injury but were not medically discharged. A breakdown by Financial Year is presented as follows:

Written Question
Navy: Injuries
Monday 13th September 2021

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, whether Gavin Brierley, SN:30073719, of the Navy was one of the 3,205 people classified as having major injuries.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

As my answer contains personal information, I will communicate privately with the hon. Member.

Written Question
Armed Forces: Discharges
Monday 13th September 2021

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, how many service personnel left the services (a) with and (b) without medical discharge in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2021, there were a) 20,970 UK Regular Armed Forces medical discharges and b) 157,295 UK Regular Armed Forces personnel who left service without a medical discharge. A breakdown by Financial Year is presented as follows:

Table 1: UK Regular Armed Forces1 medical discharges and other outflow, by Financial Year, numbers

1 April 2011 to 31 March 2021

Year

Medical Discharges

Other Outflow2

Total

20,970

157,295

2011/12

1,615

19,946

2012/13

2,314

21,553

2013/14

2,697

20,878

2014/15

2,644

16,643

2015/16

2,332

14,599

2016/17

2,467

12,839

2017/18

2,377

13,045

2018/19

1,822

13,021

2019/20

1,578

13,831

2020/21

1,124

10,940

Sources: DMICP, FMed 23, JPA

Written Question
Armed Forces
Monday 14th June 2021

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are in their last year of service in the TG 317.01.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

There are fewer than 20 personnel within their final year of service currently deployed with the Carrier Strike Group, the majority of whom have volunteered to participate in all or part of this exciting and professionally rewarding deployment.

These personnel should not be disadvantaged by their deployment and they will undertake their full resettlement training and transition from active service upon their departure from their respective units.

Written Question
Armed Forces: Injuries
Monday 14th June 2021

Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have left without medical discharge despite major injuries in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The table below shows the recorded numbers of UK Armed Forces personnel who suffered a major injury in each Financial Year (FY) from 2011-12 to 2020-21 and who subsequently left their service without medical discharge.

Financial Year

Personnel

2011-12

551

2012-13

442

2013-14

418

2014-15

523

2015-16

422

2016-17

307

2017-18

227

2018-19

181

2019-20

98

2020-21

27

Table Notes:

  1. Defence Statistics Health have interpreted ‘major’ injuries as those having a NOTICAS (notification of casualty) listing of Very Seriously Injured (VSI) or Seriously Injured (SI), a limb amputation or a Health and Safety incident with a ‘major’ or ‘specified’ severity.

  1. It is possible to recover from a ‘major’ injury and be retained in service in the same or an alternative role. A subsequent exit may be unrelated to an earlier injury.

  1. Ministry of Defence Health and Safety datasets for ‘major’ or ‘specified’ injury severity spans a wide range of injuries including fractures (other than to fingers, thumbs and toes), and any loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia.

  1. Due to the potential delay between personnel sustaining a major injury and exiting service, there may be personnel who were injured in recent years who have not yet left service.

  1. Amputations data for Financial Year 2020-21 is not yet available and is therefore excluded.