Armed Forces: Coronavirus

(asked on 15th July 2021) - View Source
Questioner
Layla Moran Portrait
Layla Moran
(Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army, (c) Royal Air Force, (d) Maritime Reserve, (e) Army Reserve, (f) Royal Auxiliary Airforce, (g) Royal Fleet Reserve, (h) Army Reserve (Regular) and (i) Air Force Reserve personnel who have contracted covid-19 in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) to date.

Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 21st July 2021

The below table details the number of UK Armed Forces personnel that have had a positive COVID-19 infection test result entered into their medical record, by Service and year, up to 25 June 2021.

2020

2021

ALL

ALL

4,310

5,192

9,502

a. Royal Navy

1,416

1,080

2,496

b. British Army

2,006

3,281

5,287

c. Royal Air Force

730

705

1,435

d. Maritime Reserve

23

14

37

e. Army Reserve

77

74

151

f. Royal Auxiliary Reserve

19

12

31

g. Royal Fleet Reserve

10

5

15

h. Army Reserve (Regular)

8

11

19

i. Air Force Reserve

21

10

31

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