Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

(asked on 18th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many phone calls were made to the 24 hour Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 25th March 2024

The requested information is provided in the following tables:

Number of phone calls made to the Military Mental Health Helpline in each year since 2019

Year

Total Phone Calls

2024 (Jan – Feb)

182

2023

1,220

2022

1,153

2021

888

2020

240

2019

453

Annual budget for the Military Mental Health Helpline in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019-20

Year (FY)

Annual Budget*

2023-24

£137,666

2022-23

£56,621.16

2021-22

£30,600

2020-21

£30,600

2019-20

£30,600

* Exclusive of VAT

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