Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel were injured in parachuting accidents in the last year for which figures are available.

For the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 Defence Statistics identifed 94 recorded occurrences of UK Armed Forces personnel being injured in parachuting incidents.

During this time period there was, in addition, one recorded death of a UK Armed Forces person as a result of a parachuting accident.

The safety Service Inquiry Report into this tragic accident has been published and is in the public domain. It can be found on www.gov.uk.

Figures are for UK Service personnel (Regular and 'on duty' Reservist) excluding civilians and cadets, and represent incidents occurring in the UK and abroad.

These figures include military, adventurous training and sports parachuting activities.