Question follow-through · 87068
Ministry of Defence: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 10 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
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
Information on the number of people declaring a disability by each Government Department is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics 2025, an accredited official statistics publication. Latest published data as at 31 March 2025 can be found ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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