HC Deb 25 March 1998 vol 309 c138W
Mr. Sarwar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were medically discharged from the armed forces(a) between 1980 to 1989 and (b) since 1990. [35897]

Dr. Reid

The following number of medical discharges for the armed forces have been reported by the services from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1997 as at 23 March 1998.

  1. (a)Number of medical discharges between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1989: 11,157
  2. (b)Number of medical discharges between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 1997: 11,456.