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Question follow-through · 2055

Armed Forces: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to permit people living with HIV to serve (a) as pilots, (b) as air traffic controllers and (c) in other roles in the armed forces.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
6 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to permit people living with HIV to serve (a) as pilots, (b) as air traffic controllers and (c) in other roles in the armed forces.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    As a new Government, we are commissioning a review into the circumstances where those who are living with HIV are not permitted to fulfil some roles within the Armed Forces. After recent changes there are only a very small number of roles where those livi...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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