Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 192434

Armed Forces: Neurodiversity

Tabled: 4 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people had a neurodiverse condition in each armed service in each of the last three years.

Answer

Dr Andrew Murrison
Of the UK Armed Forces personnel who served between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022, 3,742 had a Read code for at least one of the following conditions entered into their electronic medical record: autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, asperger’s. The ta...

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