Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish the statistics on the levels of musculoskeletal injuries experienced by (a) male and (b) female members of the British Army as at 22 February 2022.

In response to the request, between the dates 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021, 472 per 1,000male (total male cases = 36,631) Regular Army personnel and 569per 1,000 female (total female cases = 4,572) Regular Army personnel had a Read code for a musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) entered into their medical record.