Armed Forces: HIV Infection
(asked on 2nd December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel from each service have been discharged because of their HIV status in each of the last ten years.
Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2021, 30 UK Regular Armed Forces personnel were medically discharged with an ICD-10 code for HIV cited as the principal or contributory cause. The following table provides a breakdown by service and year.
Year (1 April to 31 March) | Royal Navy | Army | RAF | Total |
2011/12 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 7 |
2012/13 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 5 |
2013/14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2014/15 | 0 | ~ | 0 | ~ |
2015/16 | 0 | ~ | 0 | ~ |
2016/17 | ~ | ~ | 0 | ~ |
2017/18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018/19 | 0 | ~ | 0 | ~ |
2019/20 | 0 | 0 | ~ | ~ |
2020/21 | 0 | ~ | 0 | ~ |
Total | ~ | 24 | ~ | 30 |
Both principal and contributory causes have been included as it is possible for personnel to be medically discharged for multiple medical reasons.
The figures provided include Regular service personnel (trained and untrained). Army Regular personnel include Gurkha and Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS). Reserve personnel were not included. Royal Navy personnel include both Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Figures fewer than five have been suppressed and are represented by a ~.