Jim Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19454, how many mental health specialists were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The information requested is shown in the table below. The rounded figures are based on the Defence Medical Services manning returns for each year, and show the trained strength in each of the categories shown as at 1 October. Civilian numbers are not readily available prior to 2015.
|
2011 |
Regular |
Reserve |
Civilian |
Total |
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
– |
– |
Not available |
– |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
50 |
Not available |
160 |
|
2012 |
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|
Psychiatrist |
20 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
– |
– |
Not available |
– |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
30 |
Not available |
150 |
|
2013 |
||||
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
10 |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
Not available |
~ |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
50 |
Not available |
170 |
|
2014 |
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|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
Not available |
~ |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
40 |
Not available |
160 |
|
2015 |
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|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
~ |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
20 |
20 |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
110 |
40 |
20* |
180 |
*Mental Health Nurse (inc. Community Psychiatric Nurses)
In accordance with Defence Statistics guidance, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Figures below 5 are denoted by ~; zero denoted by -.
Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.
