| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1817290 |
| UIN: |
63356 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5336 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Maguire
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenemaguire
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenemaguire
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) medical conditions that would exclude someone from joining the Armed Forces and (b) the specific disqualifying factors that would prevent a potential recruit from joining the (i) Army, |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
Joint Service Publication (JSP) 950, Leaflet 6-7-7 sets out the medical employment standards for joining the Armed Forces. The latest edition was published in August 2024 following an intensive review undertaken by clinical experts, Defence personnel staf... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |