Armed Forces: Prosthetics

(asked on 22nd November 2018) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 29th November 2018

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.

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