Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of soldiers that took the Soldier Conditioning Review were graded (a) condition, (b) unconditioned and (c) other in each year since that review was introduced.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
In relation to the Soldier Conditioning Review, personnel are marked on the system as ‘red’ when they have areas of physical fitness they need to improve. If they are marked as ‘green’ it means they do not have any specific areas of physical fitness development / improvement and are at an adequate baseline. Personnel are marked as ‘Amber’ on the system if the individual needs to take another assessment in the next two months.
The table below shows the number and proportion of Regular and Reserve soldiers that took the Soldier Conditioning Review who were graded as ‘Green’ or ‘Amber’ and ‘All other grades’.
Year | Number of Pers | Status | Proportion |
01 Apr – 31 Dec 2022 | 74,336 | Green or Amber | 63.98% |
41,849 | All other grades | 36.02% | |
01 Jan – 31 Dec 2023 | 71,945 | Green or Amber | 67.86% |
34,081 | All other grades | 32.14% |
Notes/Caveats:
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 21508 on Armed Forces: Health, for what reasons members of the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force were deemed medically non-deployable on 1 April (a) 2023, (b) 2016 and (c) 2010.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are classified as (a) wounded, (b) injured and (c) sick by (i) reason and (ii) service branch.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The numbers of Personnel on Recovery Duty (PRD) by principal cause of medical downgrading and service as at 1 April 2024 is presented in the table below:
| Royal Navy1 | Army | RAF |
Injured2 | 292 | 94 | 11 |
Sick | 1,664 | 731 | 209 |
Mental, Behavioural and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99) | 562 | 423 | 125 |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. (M00–M99) | 617 | 121 | 31 |
Other3 | 485 | 187 | 53 |
Not Known | 334 | 132 | 5 |
Sources: Wounded, Injured and Sick Management Information System (WISMIS), Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) and Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP).
1 Royal Navy includes the services Royal Navy and Royal Marines
2 Injured includes Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
3. Other includes all other ICD-10 cause code categories
4. Some personnel have no cause information recorded at the point of entering recovery
The UK armed forces are not currently deployed on any combat operations therefore all injuries are non-battle injuries.
The principal cause of downgrading as recorded on an individual’s medical record may not be the reason for entering recovery as an individual can have more than one cause associated with their downgrading.
For some personnel no cause of downgrading information was held at the point they entered recovery. They may have had no cause information recorded, their medical board may have occurred after they entered recovery, or they may still be awaiting a medical board. The cause information is taken from their downgrading and not GP recorded information due to GPs generally recording signs and symptoms. The three single Services differ in their criteria for who receives support from recovery. Due to the differences between the three Services, comparisons between them are not valid and as such the three services have been presented separately.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 24361 on Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery service received by (a) call-out location and (b) vehicle type in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Information on the number of callouts by vehicle type is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The number of National Roadside Repair and Recovery service callouts by location for the financial year 2023-2024 is located below.
No of callouts in UK | No of callouts in Europe | Total callouts FY23-24 |
1,581 | 45 | 1,626 |
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of soldiers that took the Role Fitness Test (a) passed, (b) failed and (c) had another outcome in each year since that test was introduced; and of those, how many and what proportion were (i) ground close combat troops and (ii) non-ground close combat troops.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The below table shows the number of Regular and Reserve soldiers who took the Role Fitness test who passed and failed in each year since the test was introduced, broken down by ground close combat troops (GCC) and non-ground close combat troops (NON-GCC) and proportion rate of pass / fails.
Year | Regt Corp | Failed | Passed | Prop Failed | Prop Passed | Total Tested |
2021 | GCC | 469 | 15,479 | 3% | 97% | 31,180 |
NON-GCC | 615 | 14,617 | 4% | 96% | ||
2022 | GCC | 458 | 17,381 | 3% | 97% | 51,112 |
NON-GCC | 1,050 | 32,223 | 3% | 97% | ||
2023 | GCC | 503 | 18,617 | 3% | 97% | 55,961 |
NON-GCC | 1,129 | 35,712 | 3% | 97% | ||
2024 | GCC | 229 | 8,378 | 3% | 97% | 24,297 |
NON-GCC | 440 | 15,250 | 3% | 97% |
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Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the armed forces were rejected due to poor fitness in every year since 2015.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The information requested is shown in the attached tables.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of members of the armed forces were graded as unconditioned following a conditioning review in each year since 2018.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The Soldier Conditioning Review (SCR) applies to Army Personnel only. There are no fitness or health gradings of ‘unconditioned’.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme has received in each region of the UK in each year since 2015; and what the cost to the public purse is of that service.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
The National Roadside Repair and Recovery (NRRR) service covers all MOD owned and registered category A and B platforms. Category A is inclusive of wheeled and tracked armoured vehicles, while category B is inclusive of general logistic vehicles, such as cars, land rovers and logistics platforms.
For the annual cost of the NRRR between 2015 and 2023, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2023 to Question 202849 to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr Madders). The annual cost of the service for 2023/24 was £1,007,611.
The 2018-19 NRRR callout in Morocco was due to the breakdown of a land rover while on a training exercise.
Information on the number of annual callouts by UK region since 2015 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2023 to Question 202827 on Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles, what the circumstances were that led to a vehicle being supported by the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme in Morocco in 2018-19.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
The National Roadside Repair and Recovery (NRRR) service covers all MOD owned and registered category A and B platforms. Category A is inclusive of wheeled and tracked armoured vehicles, while category B is inclusive of general logistic vehicles, such as cars, land rovers and logistics platforms.
For the annual cost of the NRRR between 2015 and 2023, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2023 to Question 202849 to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr Madders). The annual cost of the service for 2023/24 was £1,007,611.
The 2018-19 NRRR callout in Morocco was due to the breakdown of a land rover while on a training exercise.
Information on the number of annual callouts by UK region since 2015 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown by vehicle type of the vehicles supported by the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme in each year since 2015.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
The National Roadside Repair and Recovery (NRRR) service covers all MOD owned and registered category A and B platforms. Category A is inclusive of wheeled and tracked armoured vehicles, while category B is inclusive of general logistic vehicles, such as cars, land rovers and logistics platforms.
For the annual cost of the NRRR between 2015 and 2023, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2023 to Question 202849 to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr Madders). The annual cost of the service for 2023/24 was £1,007,611.
The 2018-19 NRRR callout in Morocco was due to the breakdown of a land rover while on a training exercise.
Information on the number of annual callouts by UK region since 2015 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.