Armed Forces: Health

(asked on 25th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the number of (a) regular (i) soldiers, (ii) sailors and (iii) airmen and (b) reserve (A) soldiers, (B) sailors and (C) airmen was by medical category for each year since 2001.


This question was answered on 30th January 2017

Under the Armed Forces Medical Deployability Standard (MDS) categories, Medically Fully Deployable (MFD) personnel are those who are medically fit for duty with no employment limitations.

Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) personnel are those medically fit for duty with minor employment limitations. They may have a medical condition or functional limitation that prevents the meeting of all MFD requirements. Medically Not Deployable (MND) personnel are those medically fit for duty with major employment limitations. They are not fit to deploy on operations but may be deployable on UK based exercises.

The following table shows the number of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel by MDS category in each year from 2010 to 2016, as at 1 April. Like for like data is not available before 2010.

All

MFD

MLD

MND

MDS Not Known

1 April 2010

All Services

177,897

143,253

18,101

13,615

2,928

Naval Service

35,502

28,366

1,843

2,938

2,355

Army

102,261

80,546

14,786

6,736

193

RAF

40,134

34,341

1,472

3,941

380

1 April 2011

All Services

176,816

143,278

18,828

13,800

910

Naval Service

35,426

29,793

1,995

2,882

756

Army

101,303

79,092

15,217

6,952

42

RAF

40,087

34,393

1,616

3,966

112

1 April 2012

All Services

170,010

137,866

17,866

14,211

67

Naval Service

33,287

28,428

1,786

2,866

207

Army

98,598

76,781

14,319

7,480

18

RAF

38,125

32,657

1,561

3,865

42

1 April 2013

All Services

160,712

130,770

15,464

14,352

126

Naval Service

31,423

26,799

1,825

2,697

102

Army

93,939

73,668

12,237

8,021

13

RAF

35,350

30,303

1,402

3,634

11

1 April 2014

All Services

150,891

122,616

13,811

14,396

68

Naval Service

30,509

25,866

1,732

2,859

52

Army

87,176

68,564

10,667

7,938

7

RAF

33,206

28,186

1,412

3,599

9

1 April 2015

All Services

144,117

116,125

13,401

14,547

44

Naval Service

30,058

25,338

1,846

2,840

34

Army

82,231

63,854

10,122

8,246

9

RAF

31,828

26,933

1,433

3,461

1

1 April 2016

All Services

140,432

112,024

13,551

14,822

35

Naval Service

29,702

24,850

1,932

2,892

28

Army

79,746

61,431

10,001

8,308

6

RAF

30,984

25,743

1,618

3,622

1

Data for Future Reserves 2020 personnel is available from 2013 to 2016 and is as follows:

All

MFD

MLD

MND

MDS Not Known

1 April 2013

All Services

29,388

24,514

2,322

1,422

1,130

Maritime Reserves

2,610

2,196

68

49

297

Army Reserves

25,238

21,056

2,232

1,290

660

RAF Reserves

1,540

1,262

22

83

173

1 April 2014

All Services

28,147

22,935

2,554

1,480

1,178

Maritime Reserves

2,850

2,335

106

69

340

Army Reserves

23,578

19,278

2,409

1,319

572

RAF Reserves

1,719

1,322

39

92

266

1 April 2015

All Services

30,814

23,898

2,770

1,564

2,582

Maritime Reserves

3,157

2,457

121

74

505

Army Reserves

25,438

19,884

2,592

1,392

1,570

RAF Reserves

2,219

1,557

57

98

507

1 April 2016

All Services

34,755

26,180

3,105

1,676

3,794

Maritime Reserves

3,541

2,883

131

104

423

Army Reserves

28,672

21,398

2,888

1,480

2,906

RAF Reserves

2,542

1,899

86

92

465

Future Reserves 2020 personnel include volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Future Reserves 2020 also include sponsored Reserves, but excludes Regular Reserves, Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets.

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