Written question asked by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 November 2006. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 27 November 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces Leave

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) highest and (b) average amount was of leave not taken in the last leave year and not carried over in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force.

Answer

The information requested is not held centrally. However, the Defence Analytical Services Agency undertake an annual Survey of Leave¹: The survey report includes estimates of the average number of leave days lost per person for each service. These estimates for the 2005-06 leave year are shown in the following table."¹ The survey includes all trained personnel from OR1 to OF6."

2005-06	Estimated average number of annual leave days not taken and not carried over
Naval Service¹	0.4
Army	2.4
RAF	1.1
¹ Naval Service includes the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines

Because the Survey of Leave is a sample survey it cannot identify the highest value in the population as a whole. Moreover, the highest figures within the survey sample are not considered robust enough to report in isolation.The 2005-06 copy of the Survey of Leave report will be available in the Library of the House within the next four weeks.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 101050; 453 c354W
Session: 2006-07
Related items: Armed Forces' Leave
Monday, 18 December 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Armed forces Leave
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Armed Forces Leave

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