§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons have been discharged from the(a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force for medical reasons in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [46667]
§ Dr. MoonieThere have been 10,067 medical discharges from the Naval Services (Royal Navy and Royal Marines), the Army and the Royal Air Force between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2001. These are broken down by service and year in the table.
Year Army Navy RAF Total 1996 1,189 339 200 1,728 1997 1,067 354 223 1,644 1998 1,060 448 155 1,663 1999 1,099 456 189 1,744 2000 1,023 484 201 1,708 2001 973 413 194 1,580 Total 6,411 2,494 1,162 10,067 Further information on medical discharges can be found in the National Statistics publication entitled "Medical Discharges in the Armed Forces 2001" which was published on 27 March 2002. This publication can be found on the world wide web at http://www.dasa.mod.uk/medstats/discharge/ns——initframe.htm.