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Army

2026-07-12 · Ministry of Defence · 18124 · Official question

Stuart Anderson

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the British Army’s regular forces are undeployable or medically downgraded.

Answer

At 1 April 2026 (most recently available data) 10.5% of UK full time trade trained army personnel were graded Medically Limited Deployable (MLD). Personnel graded as MND are not fit to deploy on Operations, they may be deployable on UK based exercises and...