Question follow-through · 9814
Military Exercises: Heatstroke
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been made to (a) how and (b) what data is reported for heat illness cases following the inquest into the death of Corporal Joshua Hoole in 2019.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been made to (a) how and (b) what data is reported for heat illness cases following the inquest into the death of Corporal Joshua Hoole in 2019.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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28 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has overhauled safety policy beginning in 2020 to provide clear direction that all suspected or confirmed heat illness cases must be reported, and to improve the quality of reporting safety occurrences. The MOD is now moving ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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