Question follow-through · 37538
Army: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most frequent reasons were for new applicants to the Army being refused on medical grounds in each year since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
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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
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most frequent reasons were for new applicants to the Army being refused on medical grounds in each year since 2020.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
It is taking time to interrogate the data and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer in the time available. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as practical and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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