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Armed Forces: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the sickness rate was for service personnel by rank in each year since 2015.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the sickness rate was for service personnel by rank in each year since 2015.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

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Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Health Professions

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number of and (b) requirement for medical service personnel was on 1 April 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army: Engineers

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in the Army on 1 April 2024; and what the requirement was.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army: Training

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army training budget was in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Force: Training

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the RAF training budget was in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Navy: Training

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Navy training budget was in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army: Catering

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs were in post in the Army in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Nurses

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nurses were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each service in each of those years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterinary officers were in post in the Army in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Force

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) air and (b) ground stewards were in post in the RAF in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Engineers

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he decided not to release the workforce requirement figures of Army regiments for reasons of operational security.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army: Dogs

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working dogs the Army had in each year since 2010; and what the requirement was in each of those years.