Armed Forces: Health
(asked on 17th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel failed their annual fitness test in each year since 2013.
The requested information is provided in the following tables:
Royal Navy
Year Awarded | Failed | Fail rate |
2015 | 982 | 4% |
2016 | 1,439 | 5% |
2017 | 1,504 | 5% |
2018 | 1,682 | 6% |
2019 | 1,450 | 5% |
2020 | 1,523 | 7% |
2021 | 1,412 | 7% |
2022 | 1,888 | 8% |
2023 | 1,960 | 9% |
2024 | 1,083 | 5% |
Table Notes:
- Data prior to 2015 is incomplete and has been excluded.
- Year awarded represents the year the competence was awarded to the employee.
- Data for 2024 is up to 21 October 2024.
Army
Year Awarded | Failed | Fail rate |
2013 | 671 | 2% |
2014 | 758 | 2% |
2015 | 1,172 | 3% |
2016 | 1,227 | 3% |
2017 | 1,211 | 3% |
2018 | 1,275 | 3% |
2019 | 1,269 | 4% |
2020 | 928 | 3% |
2021 | 1,070 | 3% |
2022 | 1,218 | 3% |
2023 | 1,170 | 3% |
2024 | 710 | 2% |
Table Notes:
- Year awarded represents the year the competence was awarded to the employee.
- Data for 2024 is up to 18 October 2024.
Royal Air Force
Year Awarded | Failed | Fail rate |
2016 | 854 | 3.8% |
2017 | 1,360 | 5.5% |
2018 | 1,624 | 6.5% |
2019 | 1,488 | 6% |
2020 | 900 | 6.9% |
2021 | 2,266 | 9% |
2022 | 2,199 | 8.7% |
2023 | 1,687 | 6.9% |
2024 | 1,320 | 6.7% |
Table Notes:
- Data prior to 2016 is incomplete and has been excluded.
- Year awarded represents the year the competence was awarded to the employee.
- Data for 2024 is up to 18 October 2024.