Armed Forces: Health
(asked on 11th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 90747 on Armed Forces: Health, if he will break down the percentage of Armed Forces personnel classed as medically (a) non-deployable and (b) limited deployable by service branch for each year since 2010.
The following table provides the number (n) and percentages of UK Armed Forces personnel, broken down by service, with a Medical Deployability Standard of Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) and Medically Non Deployable (MND), as at 1 April of each year from 2010 to 2022.
Royal Navy | Army | RAF | ||||||||||
| MLD | MND | MLD | MND | MLD | MND | ||||||
Date | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
1 April 2010 | 1,843 | 5.2% | 2,938 | 8.3% | 14,786 | 14.5% | 6,736 | 6.6% | 1,472 | 3.7% | 3,941 | 9.8% |
1 April 2011 | 1,995 | 5.6% | 2,882 | 8.1% | 15,217 | 15.0% | 6,952 | 6.9% | 1,616 | 4.0% | 3,966 | 9.9% |
1 April 2012 | 1,786 | 5.4% | 2,866 | 8.6% | 14,319 | 14.5% | 7,480 | 7.6% | 1,561 | 4.1% | 3,865 | 10.1% |
1 April 2013 | 1,825 | 5.8% | 2,697 | 8.6% | 12,237 | 13.0% | 8,021 | 8.5% | 1,402 | 4.0% | 3,634 | 10.3% |
1 April 2014 | 1,732 | 5.7% | 2,859 | 9.4% | 10,667 | 12.2% | 7,938 | 9.1% | 1,412 | 4.3% | 3,599 | 10.8% |
1 April 2015 | 1,846 | 6.1% | 2,840 | 9.4% | 10,122 | 12.3% | 8,246 | 10.0% | 1,433 | 4.5% | 3,461 | 10.9% |
1 April 2016 | 1,932 | 6.5% | 2,892 | 9.7% | 10,001 | 12.5% | 8,308 | 10.4% | 1,618 | 5.2% | 3,622 | 11.7% |
1 April 2017 | 2,044 | 6.9% | 2,722 | 9.2% | 9,971 | 12.7% | 7,890 | 10.1% | 1,845 | 6.0% | 3,304 | 10.7% |
1 April 2018 | 2,032 | 6.9% | 2,762 | 9.4% | 10,005 | 13.0% | 6,907 | 9.0% | 1,952 | 6.4% | 3,321 | 10.9% |
1 April 2019 | 2,145 | 7.3% | 2,864 | 9.8% | 9,964 | 13.3% | 6,702 | 8.9% | 2,139 | 7.1% | 3,480 | 11.6% |
1 April 2020 | 2,279 | 7.8% | 2,930 | 10.1% | 9,434 | 12.8% | 6,667 | 9.0% | 2,310 | 7.8% | 3,675 | 12.4% |
1 April 2021 | 2,396 | 8.1% | 2,899 | 9.8% | 8,937 | 11.6% | 6,447 | 8.4% | 2,399 | 8.0% | 3,455 | 11.5% |
1 April 2022 | 2,306 | 7.7% | 3,279 | 11.0% | 9,388 | 12.2% | 7,600 | 9.8% | 2,458 | 8.2% | 3,884 | 13.0% |
The figures provided are for full time trained (Royal Navy and RAF), trade trained (Army) and serving against requirement personnel in service. This includes Reserve Forces personnel filling Regular posts whilst serving on Full Time Reserve Service. The figures do not include other Reserve, civilian, foreign service or non-UK military personnel.
The figures for the Royal Navy includes both the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.