Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 93821

Armed Forces: Neurodiversity

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing routine monitoring and data collection on neurodivergent Service Personnel, including those with conditions beyond Specific Learning Differences;

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones
The Ministry of Defence is committed to a diverse workforce and regularly reviews both its policies and its data collection requirements on neurodiversity, however, there are no current plans to revise Joint Service Publication 822 Defence Direction for T...

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