§ 78. Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incidents of collapse due to excessive heat during training or exercises occurred this summer; in 243W how many cases was (a) medical attention and (b) hospitalisation required; and how frequently the outcome was death or permanent disability.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested will not be available until the publication next summer of firm figures for the whole of 1989 in the "Service Annual Health Tables". These statistics will not, however, include casualties that required hospitalisation for a period of less than 48 hours. Figures will record deaths but not permanent disabilities which cannot generally be established until treatment is completed.