Written question asked by Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 27 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 June 2007. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 July 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations from the Deepcut Review report produced by Sir Nicholas Blake, QC, published in March 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statements of 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 91-95WS, and 28 June 2007, Official Report, column 35WS. The Ministry of Defence is committed to maintaining the improvements already achieved, and to continuing to address the areas where performance can be improved. Independent inspection of the training environment will continue and our internal training inspection team is working hard to ensure that policy is fully implemented, change sustained and good practice shared.

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