§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of Her Majesty's forces are medically down-graded. [80794]
§ Dr. MoonieThe numbers of trained UK regular personnel in the armed forces who were medically down-graded in October 2002 are given in the following table:
Officers Other ranks Total Navy 221 2,467 2,688 Army 908 9,694 10,602 RAF 536 3,297 3,833 Notes:
1. These figures exclude FTRS, Gurkhas, R Irish (Home Service) and reservists who have been mobilised for duty.
2. The Army figures are based on the Pulheems Efficiency Standard, and are all those who are not marked as being fit everywhere.
3. The RAF figures are based on the Medical Employment Standard, and are all those who have a 3, 4 or 5 against their ground work capability.
4. The Navy figures are based on their Medical Category and are all those who do not have a P code of P2.
5. As the services have different methods of determining who is medically down-graded the figures are not comparable across the three services.