Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacancies there are in his Department for (a) physiotherapists and (b) rehabilitation support workers in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Wales and (v) overseas.

Defence currently has the correct number of regular and reserve military physiotherapists in place.

There are currently 51 vacant civilian physiotherapy posts and 5 vacant civilian Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor posts.

Data is not centrally held on the geographic location of these vacancies.