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1352164

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Injuries
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 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, how many service personnel were not medically discharged despite having major injuries in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	42170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>“Major injuries” have been interpreted as injuries that have a NOTICAS (notification of casualty) listing of Very Seriously Injured (VSI) or Seriously Injured (SI), a limb amputation, or a Health and Safety incident with a Major or Specified severity. It is possible to recover from a ‘major’ injury and be retained in service in the same or an alternative role.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2021, there were 10,915 UK Service personnel who suffered a major injury but were not medically discharged. A breakdown by Financial Year is presented as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:41:24 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1352165

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, how many service personnel left the services (a) with and (b) without medical discharge in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	42171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2021, there were a) 20,970 UK Regular Armed Forces medical discharges and b) 157,295 UK Regular Armed Forces personnel who left service without a medical discharge. A breakdown by Financial Year is presented as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Regular Armed Forces<sup>1</sup> medical discharges and other outflow, by Financial Year, numbers</strong></p><p> </p><p>1 April 2011 to 31 March 2021</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Medical Discharges</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other Outflow<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>157,295</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,615</p></td><td><p>19,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,314</p></td><td><p>21,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,697</p></td><td><p>20,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,644</p></td><td><p>16,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,332</p></td><td><p>14,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,467</p></td><td><p>12,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2,377</p></td><td><p>13,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1,822</p></td><td><p>13,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p>13,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>10,940</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sources: DMICP, FMed 23, JPA</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:39:00 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1352166

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Injuries
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 14 June 2021 to Question 10678 on Armed Forces: Injuries, whether Gavin Brierley, SN:30073719, of the Navy was one of the 3,205 people classified as having major injuries.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	42172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>As my answer contains personal information, I will communicate privately with the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:40:11 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1352411

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time was to begin basic training in the Army by gender for (a) Reserves and (b) full-time soldiers in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	41628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The average wait time to begin basic training in the Army by gender for (a) Reserves and (b) full-time soldiers in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date is given below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Average Wait Time by Recruiting Year (in days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rank</p></td><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>19-20</p></td><td><p>20-21</p></td><td><p>21-22</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Regular Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Reserve Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>This is one of two questions tabled by Siobhain McDonagh (Lab, Mitcham and Morden) on the average wait time to begin Basic Training by gender for British Army candidates. It is unclear what has prompted the questions.</li><li>This data has been provided from a single Service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statistics as they do not collate this information.</li><li>The figures represented show the average wait time in days by Recruiting Year (April – March). The average wait time for Recruiting Year 2021/2022 is based on candidates with an Assessment Centre date pass since 01 April 2021 who are booked to commence Basic Training prior to 31 March 2022 and thus is subject to change.</li><li>For Regular Other Ranks the wait time is from Assessment Centre pass up until the commencement of Basic Training, at which point they are enlisted.</li><li>For Reserve Other Ranks the wait time is from Assessment Centre pass until enlistment, which is completed within their Reserve Unit and occurs before the candidate commences Basic Training.</li></ol> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 10:32:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1352412

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time was to begin basic training in the Army by gender for the training facility at (a) Pirbright, (b) Winchester, (c) Harrogate and (d) Catterick in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	41629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The average wait time to begin basic training in the Army by gender for the training facility at (a) Pirbright, (b) Winchester, (c) Harrogate and (d) Catterick in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date is given below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Average Wait Time – Solider Assessment to Basic Training Start (in days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Centre</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ph 1 Input Trg School Name</p></td><td><p>Ph 1 Input Trg Year</p></td><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>M</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate</p></td><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright</p></td><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Army Training Regiment (ATR) Winchester</p></td><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick</p></td><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>This data has been provided from a single Service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statistics as they do not collate this information.</li><li>For Training Year 2021/2022 the average has been calculated based on data held as of 07 September 2021.</li><li>No courses have yet commenced at AFC Harrogate for this Training Year.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 10:34:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1352578

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken by his Department is to answer written Parliamentary questions over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Over the last 12 Months (1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021) 2,274 written Parliamentary questions were tabled to the Ministry of Defence, of which 2,226 were answered within the given Parliamentary deadlines (97.8%).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:42:08 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1352579

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a target time in which to answer (a) named day and (b) ordinary written Parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The target time for the Ministry of Defence to answer (a) named day and (b) ordinary written Parliamentary questions is (a) three sitting days after the the date of tabling and (b) within one working week of the of the given date for answer.</p><p>This is in line with the House of Commons guidance on answering written Parliamentary questions.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:37:32 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois