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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 2016 (named day). It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Monday, 11 January 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20200, what estimate his Department has made of its total spend on mental health specialists in each of the last five years.

Answer

The average costs for military, reserves and civilian personnel for each of the last three years, the period for which figures are available, are provided in the table below.


Where gaps exist in military or civilian mental health services delivery staff, locums may be used, the costs of which are also provided.



Year

Military

Reserves

Civilian

Locums


million

million

million

million

2013

£15.06

£0.37

£2.01

£3.24

2014

£15.12

£0.19

£2.06

£2.69

2015

£14.18

£0.20

£3.17

£2.77

AVERAGE

£14.79

£0.29

£2.41

£2.9



Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21330
Session
2015-16
Related items
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
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Deposited Paper DEP2016-0144
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Armed forces Expenditure Mental health services
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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