To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in each of the armed services failed drugs tests in each of the last five years.
Answered on
15 November 2023
The requested information on Compulsory Drug Testing failures (positive results) is provided in the following table:
Year | Royal Navy | Army | Royal Air Force |
2018 | 170 | 820 | 90 |
2019 | 170 | 770 | 40 |
2020 | 110 | 380 | 40 |
2021 | 140 | 830 | 60 |
2022 | 170 | 640 | 80 |
The figures provided are single Service estimates based on data which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The figures provided may therefore be subject to data quality issues affecting their accuracy.
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Ministry of Defence