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1601566

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date	06/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department publishes a list of conditions that make a person serving in the Armed Forces deemed medically (a) limited deployable and (b) non-deployable.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	158782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>Joint Service Publication 950 Leaflet 6-7-7 (JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7) provides a framework for the medical assessment of potential recruits and serving personnel. I attach a copy for the right hon. Member's information.</p><p> </p><p>Grading, deployability and fitness to serve may be dependent on several medical conditions: an individual’s final grading is determined by using the extensive content in JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7 combined with the expert judgement of occupational medicine specialists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 158783 question first answered 14/03/2023 17:26:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name JSP 950 Lft 6-7- 7 JSMMF (v2.4 Oct 22).pdf title Joint Service Publication 950 Leaflet 6 7 7
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1601567

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department publishes a list of medical conditions that would make a person be deemed unfit for service in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	158783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>Joint Service Publication 950 Leaflet 6-7-7 (JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7) provides a framework for the medical assessment of potential recruits and serving personnel. I attach a copy for the right hon. Member's information.</p><p> </p><p>Grading, deployability and fitness to serve may be dependent on several medical conditions: an individual’s final grading is determined by using the extensive content in JSP 950 Lft 6-7-7 combined with the expert judgement of occupational medicine specialists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 158782 question first answered 14/03/2023 17:26:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name JSP 950 Lft 6-7- 7 JSMMF (v2.4 Oct 22).pdf title Joint Service Publication 950 Leaflet 6 7 7
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1601568

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Crohn's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people with Crohn's disease have (a) applied to and (b) been rejected for the Army Reserves in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	158784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to extract specific medical rejection reasons, such as Crohn's disease, from the Defence Recruiting System. However, as outlined in the Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness (JSP 950 volume 6-7-7), candidates who apply to join the Army (Regular and Reserve) with diagnosis of Crohn's disease, will be rejected.</p><p>For personnel who are already in service, medical grading relating to inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, relates to the level of ongoing symptoms, number and frequency of recurrences, known triggers and the requirement for medication, surgery and follow-up.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 158785 question first answered 14/03/2023 17:23:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1601569

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Crohn's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army Reserves consider a person diagnosed with Crohn's disease to be unfit for service.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	158785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to extract specific medical rejection reasons, such as Crohn's disease, from the Defence Recruiting System. However, as outlined in the Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness (JSP 950 volume 6-7-7), candidates who apply to join the Army (Regular and Reserve) with diagnosis of Crohn's disease, will be rejected.</p><p>For personnel who are already in service, medical grading relating to inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, relates to the level of ongoing symptoms, number and frequency of recurrences, known triggers and the requirement for medication, surgery and follow-up.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 158784 question first answered 14/03/2023 17:23:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1600057

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2022 to Question 61739, what recent estimate he has made of the number of applications that have been (a) received and (b) granted under the scheme allowing former armed forces personnel discharged over sexuality to apply to have service medals restored.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	155249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Since the policy announcement on the restoration of medals in February 2021, the Ministry of Defence has received eight applications for the restoration of medals. <br> <br> A disregard for any previous conviction is a pre-condition for the restoration of an honour or medal. Of the eight applications, one veteran has obtained a disregard for a previous conviction and has had medals returned. <br></p><p>A number of the other seven applications remain under review in light of the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and potential implications for convictions for which disregards are available.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/03/2023 17:44:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare