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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the performance against target in the most recent period for which figures are available was for the issuing of each medal issued by the Army Medal Office; and what his most recent assessment of the total number of applications for each medal awaiting processing is. [221284] Mr. Caplin: [holding answer 14 March 2005]: The Army Medal Office started recording medal statistics on a weekly basis beginning week-ending 23 April 2004, and the records from this date to the week ending 25 February 2005 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cases outstanding Medal group 23 April 2004 28 February 2005 GSM Canal Zone 22,450 13,496 Historic 3,672 5,726 Conduct 568 660 Reserve and Cadets 595 480 Current 1,573 1,050 Replacements and Next of Kin 1,343 1,937 Iraq Not Applicable 18,543 Total Outstanding 30,201 41,892 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Since April 2004, an average of 1,518 applications were cleared each week against a target of 1,500. During this period 73,788 new applications have been received, and of these 48,898 were for the Iraq medal and 9,077 for the Canal Zone.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c774W; 221284

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Armed forces Army Administrative delays Medals Military decorations Army Medal Office

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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