Reserve Forces: Disability and Sick Leave
(asked on 24th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of reservists are unable to work due to (a) disability and (b) illness as of 24 November 2023.
This information is not held in the specific detail requested.
The status of reserves by medical standard and reserve type as documented on JPA as at 24 November 2023 is detailed in the below table:
Assignment Type | MFD | MLD | MND | No records | Total |
Called out Reservist | 733 | 88 | 20 | - | 841 |
Full Time Reservist | 3,781 | 1,470 | 469 | - | 5,720 |
High Readiness Reserve | 54 | 6 | - | - | 60 |
Sponsored Reserve | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Volunteer Reserve | 27,038 | 3,051 | 2,348 | - | 32,437 |
Grand Total of Reservists with Medical Standards | 31,612 | 4,616 | 2,837 | - | 39,065 |
Reservist Without Medical Standards (new joiners etc) | - | - | - | - | 3,548 |
Grand total of Reservists | 31,612 | 4,616 | 2,837 | 3,548 | 42,613 |
MFD – Medically Fully Deployable
MLD – Medically Limited Deployability
MND – Medically Non-Deployable.