Armed Forces: Health

About this written question

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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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Votes on this topic

• Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
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• Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

1. 17 Oct 2024

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many annual fitness tests were cancelled due to the safe temperature being exceeded (a) one (b) two and (c) three hours before the start time in each year since 2013.

2. 21 Oct 2024

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 28 Oct 2024

   Answer published

   The Ministry of Defence does not hold any information of annual fitness tests being cancelled due to the safe temperature being exceeded because this information is not recorded.

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.