Official Statistics

Mental health in the UK armed forces: background quality report

Background quality report for statistics on mental health of the UK armed forces personnel.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 28 October 2014
• Last updated: 2 July 2026
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  1. 2 July 2026

     Added: 'Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2026'.

  2. 10 July 2025

     Added: 'Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2025'.

  3. 11 July 2024

     Added: 'Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2024'.

  4. 29 June 2023

     Added: Background quality report mental health in the UK armed forces June 2023.

  5. 28 June 2022

     Added Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2022.

  6. 17 June 2021

     Addition of: Background quality report for mental health in the UK armed forces June 2021.

  7. 18 June 2020

     Added the Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2020.

  8. 20 June 2019

     Added the Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces for June 2019.

  9. 21 June 2018

     Added Background Quality Report for 2018.

  10. 15 June 2017

      Added background quality report for June 2017.

  11. 16 June 2016

      Added Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2016.

  12. 14 January 2016

      Added updated version of the BQR for January 2016.

  13. 1 October 2015

      Replaced with new background quality report.

  14. 30 July 2015

      Added updated BQR.

  15. 8 January 2015

      Added updated BQR.

  16. 28 October 2014

      First published.

Documents

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2026

PDF, 192 KB, 19 pages

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Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2025

PDF, 243 KB, 19 pages

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces July 2024

PDF, 121 KB, 19 pages

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2022

PDF, 221 KB, 15 pages

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Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2021

PDF, 290 KB, 15 pages

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Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2020

PDF, 186 KB, 15 pages

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Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2019

PDF, 208 KB, 12 pages

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Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2018

PDF, 284 KB, 12 pages

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2017

PDF, 84.1 KB, 12 pages

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces June 2016

PDF, 89.7 KB

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces January 2016

PDF, 67.4 KB

Background quality report: mental health in the UK armed forces September 2015

PDF, 86.3 KB

Background quality report mental health in the UK armed forces June 2023

PDF, 115 KB, 18 pages

Details

The purpose of a background report is to inform users of the statistics about the quality of data used to produce the publication and any statistics derived from that data.

This publication relates to summary statistics on mental health of UK armed forces personnel.