Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many referrals for post-traumatic stress disorder for (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force personnel were made in 2023-24.

I am withholding this information as it is held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with a view to its publication. The number of UK Armed Forces personnel with an initial assessment at a MOD Department of Community Mental Health for post-traumatic stress disorder by service in 2023-24 will be published on 4 July 2024 in the Official Statistic publication: UK Armed Forces Mental Health 2023-24, which will be available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-mental-health-statistics-index.