Question follow-through · 32944

Marines and Navy: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines personnel were classified as (i) Medically Fully Deployable, (ii) Medically Limited Deployable and (iii) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 Janua

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines personnel were classified as (i) Medically Fully Deployable, (ii) Medically Limited Deployable and (iii) Medically Not Deployable as of 1 Janua

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The table below presents the Medical Deployability Standard of UK Armed Forces personnel, broken down by Service, as at 1 January 2025. Medically Fully Deployable (MFD)Medically Limited Deployable (MLD)Medically Not Deployable (MND) n%n%n%All99,16278.1%...

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