To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2006, Official Report, column 813W, on service personnel (Priory Clinic), how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks were referred to the Priory Clinic in each of the last 12 months. [R] (109812)

In order to preserve the anonymity of the individuals concerned, it has been necessary to aggregate the available data. In addition to the information previously provided, during the period from December 2005 to November 2006, 16 officers and 286 other ranks were referred to the Priory Group or its sub-contractors under the terms of our contract with the Priory Group.