§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have left employment in his Department because of(a) anxiety, (b) stress, (c) depression and (d) other mental health reasons in each year since 1997. [175670]
Table A: UK Regular armed forces medically discharged for mental health disorders, 1997–2003 1997–2003 Mental health disorder grouping ICD-10 codes total 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All mental health disorders F00–F99 959 122 147 101 127 156 160 146 Mood/affective disorders, and mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified F30–39, F53 314 27 53 23 44 50 58 59 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders F40–F48 448 58 60 58 57 75 74 66 Other mental health disorders F00–F29, F50–F52, F54–F99 197 37 34 20 26 31 28 21 Centrally held figures show that during the period 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2003, 1,750 civilian staff have retired due to ill health. It is not recorded how many of this number retired due to mental health disorders.
The figure is full-time equivalent, this is a measure of the size of the workforce that takes account of the fact that some people work part-time.