§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many service personnel received help from the armed forces psychiatric services, or were referred to the national health service psychiatric services, in each year for the last 10 years. other than in respect of the Gulf war;
(2) how many service personnel received help from the armed forces psychiatric services, or were referred to the national health service psychiatric services, as a consequence of the Gulf war.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonInformation in the form requested is not held centrally. The numbers of psychiatric treatment episodes in the armed forces, which covers all treatments involving a discharge from a medical unit, in the 10-year period to 1991, are as follows:
Number 1982 1,109 1983 1,166 1984 1,031 1985 1,081 1986 1,041 11987 1,131 1988 1,151 1989 1,204 1990 1,182 21991 31,126 1 Figures prior to 1987 do not include one day cases. 2 1991 figures are provisional. 3 Includes 68 episodes related to the Gulf War.