Armed Forces: Discharges
(asked on 15th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Armed Forces personnel were discharged on medical grounds in each of the last ten years.
Medical discharges in the UK Armed Forces involve a series of practices and protocols, which differ in each Service to meet their specific employment requirements. Due to these differences, data is presented separately for each Service.
The following table provides the numbers and rates per 1,000 of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel who were medically discharged between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2022, by Service and financial year.
Royal Navy | Army | RAF | ||||
Year | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate |
2012-13 | 430 | 12.4 | 1,670 | 15.5 | 214 | 5.6 |
2013-14 | 323 | 9.6 | 2,222 | 21.9 | 152 | 4.2 |
2014-15 | 374 | 11.3 | 2,109 | 22.3 | 161 | 4.7 |
2015-16 | 442 | 13.6 | 1,750 | 19.1 | 140 | 4.2 |
2016-17 | 443 | 13.6 | 1,881 | 20.9 | 143 | 4.3 |
2017-18 | 486 | 15.0 | 1,701 | 19.4 | 190 | 5.8 |
2018-19 | 390 | 12.0 | 1,273 | 15.0 | 159 | 4.8 |
2019-20 | 365 | 11.2 | 1,042 | 12.3 | 169 | 5.2 |
2020-21 | 335 | 10.1 | 662 | 7.7 | 122 | 3.7 |
2021-22 | 484 | 14.2 | 670 | 7.6 | 168 | 5.0 |
Army Regular personnel include Gurkha and Military Provost Guard Service. The Royal Navy includes both Royal Navy and Royal Marines.