Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the British Armed Forces had injuries that required amputee sockets in the last (1) five, (2) 10, and (3) 15 years.
The following numbers of UK Armed Forces personnel received a prosthetic limb in the last five, 10 and 15 Financial Years (FY):
Period | Number of Personnel Receiving a Prosthetic Limb |
FY 2013-14 to 2017-18 | 47 |
FY 2008-09 to 2017-18 | 308 |
FY 2003-04 to 2017-18 | 356 |
This includes both Regular and Reservist Armed Forces personnel, injured in operational and non-operational environments. It does not include those who only received a digit prosthetic or those who had an amputation since leaving the Armed Forces.