Ministry of Defence: Disability

(asked on 2nd September 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people with disabilities were employed in his Department on 2 September 2025.


Answered by
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Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 9th September 2025

The Disability Status of Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civil Servants headcount is provided in the table below as at 1 August 2025. It is important to note that the disability status of MOD Civil Servants is based on voluntary self-declarations, as recorded on the MOD human resource system, MyHR. These figures include those employed by MOD Main Top Level Budgetary areas (TLBs) and MOD Executive Agencies (UK Hydrographic Office, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Submarine Delivery Agency and Defence Equipment & Support).

Disability Status

Headcount

MOD Departmental Total

55,699

Disabled

6,128

No Disability

29,909

Not Surveyed

17,052

Choose Not to Declare

2,610

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