Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people had a neurodiverse condition in each armed service in each of the last three years.
Of the UK Armed Forces personnel who served between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022, 3,742 had a Read code for at least one of the following conditions entered into their electronic medical record: autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, asperger’s.
The table below provides a further breakdown for personnel by service and year:
UK armed forces personnel with a Read code for a neurodiverse condition by year and service:
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022
| All | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
All | 3,742 | 2,965 | 3,120 | 3,131 |
Royal Navy | 570 | 414 | 446 | 490 |
Army | 2,892 | 2,294 | 2,421 | 2,398 |
RAF | 280 | 257 | 253 | 243 |