Question follow-through · 95073
Armed Forces: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department has assessed the potential impact of the medical discharge process on Armed Forces recruitment and retention.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 7 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
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department has assessed the potential impact of the medical discharge process on Armed Forces recruitment and retention.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
Medical discharge process policy is delegated to the three Services to afford each of them the necessary flexibility to respond effectively to the unique and varying environments in which their people serve. However, Defence’s Tri-Service policy for medic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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