Discharged Officers and Men (Nervous and Mental Conditions)

HC Deb 11 June 1968 vol 766 c26W

54. Mr. Ryan

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers and men of all three Services were discharged unfit during the last two years as a result of nervous and mental breakdown; and how many were granted a disability pension.

Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers and men of all three Services were discharged unfit during the last two years as a result of nervous and mental breakdown; and how many were granted a disability pension.

Mr. G. W. Reynolds

The answer to the first part of the Question is as follows:—

	1966	1967
Officers	57	33
Other Ranks	1,262	1,013

These figures relate to men discharged on account of illnesses which can be described in lay terms as nervous and mental conditions. I understand that approximately 190 of these men were awarded a disability pension or gratuity.