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Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) occupational health support and (b) other the health and wellbeing measures for Defence Fire and Rescue Services are similar to those provided to (i) Local Authority and (ii)

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
29 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) occupational health support and (b) other the health and wellbeing measures for Defence Fire and Rescue Services are similar to those provided to (i) Local Authority and (ii)

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Defence Fire and Rescue Service personnel are provided with occupational health support through the Defence Business Services Occupational Health contract. Additional support can be accessed through the Ministry of Defence People Portal and the Civil Serv...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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