Written question asked by Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 7 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 December 2004. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons questions relating to (a) racial and sexual harrassment, (b) racial and sexual discrimination and (c) bullying were omitted from the sixth serving personnel survey for the Army completed in August; and how many (i) pages and (ii) questions the full report comprised.- Inc fact that due to an administrative error the copies of the Army CAS that were in the Library were incomplete.

Answer: Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons questions relating to (a) racial and sexual harassment, (b) racial and sexual discrimination and (c) bullying were omitted from the sixth serving personnel survey for the Army completed in August; and how many (i) pages and (ii) questions the full report comprised. [204028] Mr. Caplin: The full Army Continuous Attitude Survey (CAS) was published on the MOD's internet site on 26 October. Due to an administrative error the copies of the Army CAS that were placed in the Library of the Houses were incomplete. This error has now been rectified and steps taken to ensure that a mistake of this type will not occur again. Copies of the full Army CAS have now been placed in the Library of the House. The questions relating to racial and sexual harassment, racial and sexual discrimination and bullying were contained in the part of the Army CAS that was initially omitted from the copies placed in the Library of the House. The full Army CAS comprises 52 pages and 113 questions.

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