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Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
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hansard heading Armed Forces: Medical Examinations more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time for (a) processing and (b) concluding medical assessments is for applicants to (i) the armed forces, (i) the Navy and (iii) the Army (A) before and (B) during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
tabling member constituency Ealing Central and Acton more like this
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Dr Rupa Huq more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-11-09more like thismore than 2020-11-09
answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p><p> </p><p>The average time taken from the submission of an application to join the Royal Navy (Regular Officers and Other Ranks) to having a medical assessment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Application Date</p></td><td><p>Average Timeline (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 - 22 March 2020</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 March 2020 - 1 November 2020</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Candidates are informed of the outcome by the Military Medical Examiner (MME) on the day of the assessment; this is followed up in writing.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>The median average time taken from the submission of an application to join the Army as a Regular Other Rank to having a medical assessment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Application Date</p></td><td><p>Average Timeline (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2020 – 30 September 2020</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Note</strong></p><p>The Army was only able to reinstate physical medical assessments from June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates are informed of the outcome by the Military Medical Examiner (MME) on the day of the assessment; this is followed up in writing.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p><p>The mean average time taken from the submission of an application to join the Royal Air Force (Regular Officers and Other Ranks) to having a medical assessment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Application Date</p></td><td><p>Average Timeline (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 – 22 March 2020</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 March 2020 – 4 November 2020</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Only includes applications processed via the digital recruitment system.</p><p>Only includes applications with a recorded medical booking date.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates are informed of the outcome by the Military Medical Examiner (MME) on the day of the assessment; this is followed up in writing.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Wells more like this
answering member printed James Heappey more like this
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less than 2020-11-09T16:42:29.59Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-09T16:42:29.59Z
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label Biography information for James Heappey more like this
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label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq more like this