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To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (a) United Kingdom servicemen, and (b) United Kingdom servicewomen, have been permanently injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (a) United Kingdom servicemen, and (b) United Kingdom servicewomen, have been permanently injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Asked by
Lord Morris of Manchester
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Astor of Hever
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
18 October 2010
The following table presents the number of UK Armed Forces personnel who have been identified as being very seriously injured or seriously injured as a result of deployment to either Op HERRICK (Afghanistan) or Op TELIC (Iraq) and who have subsequently been permanently medically downgraded.
"¹ From 1 January 2003 to 31 July 2009""² From 7 October 2001 to 1 August 2010"
"² From 7 October 2001 to 1 August 2010"
Due to very small numbers of female service personnel permanently medically downgraded, it is not possible to provide a gender breakdown in response to the Question.
Although medical boards recommend medical downgrading, they do not attribute the principal disability leading to the board to either service or deployment. A medical board could take place many weeks or months after an event or injury and it is not clinically possible in some cases to link an earlier injury to a later problem which may lead to a downgrading. Decisions on attributability to service are made by the Service Personnel and Veterans' Agency.
| Operation | Number downgraded |
| All | 118 |
| Iraq¹ | 49 |
| Afghanistan² | 69 |
Subjects
Disability; Armed forces; Armed conflict; Injuries; Iraq; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
18 October 2010
Reference
2272; 721 c99-100WA
House
House of Lords