Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900 on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, how many (a) aircrew and (b) controllers who were (i) living with HIV and (ii) taking HIV PrEP were assessed as being medically unfit to carry out their roles in full in each year since 2020.

I am withholding the information requested.

The decision to withhold is based on the small number of individuals operating within a small profession which increases the risk of identification and may therefore breach our obligations under the Data Protection Act.