Question follow-through · 10584
Armed Forces: Allergies
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to accept people with dietary allergies into the armed forces.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 7 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
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to accept people with dietary allergies into the armed forces.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department is assessing current policies and identifying those which obstruct individuals from joining the Armed Forces. It is essential that new entrants to the Armed Forces are medically fit to meet the various challenges of Service life and the rol...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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