Asthma Sufferers

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to make a request under the freedom of information act
in relation to the Armed Forces, in particular I would like to know
if there are any members of our Armed Forces that suffer from
asthma. I am looking in particular at serving personnel as opposed
to the civilian workforce.

If there are members of the Armed Forces serving personnel that
suffer from asthma, please could this be broken down in to the
following:

1) Number of officers,
2) Number of other ranks,
3) Number of sufferers in the British Army,
4) Number of sufferers in the Royal Navy (including Royal Marines),
5) Number of sufferers in the Royal Air Force,

I would also like to enquire re: the MOD policy in relation to its
service personnel, and what action would be taken should a member
of service personnel be diagnosed/or suffer from asthma which was
not diagnosed at the recruitment phase, specifically whether they
would be discharged or whether they would be posted to other
duties.

I am not looking for any names, I would simply like the figures of
personnel involved.

Yours faithfully,

N.Smith