Question follow-through · 80377

Armed Forces: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces serving in Scotland who are considered not medically deployable are awaiting treatment; and how many have been waiting longer than six months.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 10 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 14 Oct 2025
Answer: 19 Oct 2025 · 9 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

10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces serving in Scotland who are considered not medically deployable are awaiting treatment; and how many have been waiting longer than six months.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Oct 2025
Answer published
As of 11 October 2025, there were 221 UK Armed Forces personnel graded as Medically Not Deployable awaiting an NHS or private healthcare appointment following a referral from a Medical Centre in Scotland. Of these, 95 have been waiting longer than six mon...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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