Article 6T4M6 More than 10,000 members of UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’

More than 10,000 members of UK armed forces ‘not medically deployable’

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Daniel Lavelle
from World news | The Guardian on (#6T4M6)

Answer to written parliamentary question reveals Ministry of Defence figures showing 13,522 are not fit to fight

More than 10,000 serving in the armed forces are not medically deployable", according to figures from the Ministry of Defence .

The defence minister, Alistair Carns, revealed in a written parliamentary question that throughout the military, 99,560 service members are medically fully deployable, with 14,350 having limited deployability and 13,522 medically not deployable.

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