United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 103010
Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease
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5 December 2022
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12 December 2022 · Answer
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12 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, what criteria his Department uses to qualify a person at risk of Huntington's disease to be medically unfit to serve i
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5 December 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, what criteria his Department uses to qualify a person at risk of Huntington's disease to be medically unfit to serve i
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12 December 2022
Answer
Joint Service Publication 950, Medical Policy, sets out the following criteria:Candidates known to be carriers of the gene associated with Huntington's disease are normally graded medically unfit for Service.Candidates with a proven, immediate family hist...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-05/103010
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1548489
- uk · wq-1548489 · source updated 12 December 2022