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Written question asked by Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 24 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 February 2003. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Thursday, 27 February 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Naval personnel in the latest analysed Royal Navy continuous attitude survey indicated that they (a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed and (e) strongly disagreed with the statements (i) in your own opinion the service is more sexist than society as a whole, (ii) in your own opinion the service is more racist than society as a whole and (iii) I trust my senior officers to do the right thing; what percentage of those responding to each question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table.
Answer

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Naval personnel in the latest analysed Royal Navy continuous attitude survey indicated that they (a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed and (e) strongly disagreed with the statements (i) in your own opinion the service is more sexist than society as a whole, (ii) in your own opinion the service is more racist than society as a whole and (iii) I trust my senior officers to do the right thing; what percentage of those responding to each question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99197] Dr. Moonie: The information requested is provided in the table below: Royal Navy _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Strongly agreed Agreed Neither Agreed nor Disagreed Strongly Disagreed Nil Response Disagreed Question Number Percenta Number Percenta Number Percenta Number Percenta Number Percenta Number Percenta ge ge ge ge ge ge In your 41 4.8 178 20.6 191 22.1 295 34.2 150 17.4 8 0.9 opinion the service is more sexist than society as a whole1 In your 11 1.3 72 8.3 157 18.2 369 42.8 245 28.4 9 1.0 opinion the service is more racist than society as a whole1 I trust my 20 2.3 305 35.3 205 23.7 248 28.7 65 7.5 21 2.4 senior officers to do the right thing2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1 From the General Report of the RN's Continuous Attitude Survey completed in August 2002. 2 From the Collective Performance section of the RN's Continuous Attitude Survey completed in November 2002. (The General Report for this survey has yet to be analyzed).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
99197; 400 c665-6W;400 c657-8W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Conditions of employment Armed forces Attitudes to Equality Navy Surveys Job satisfaction
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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