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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of commissioning polling questions to determine public attitudes towards deaths in army barracks; how many and what proportion of questions refer to Deepcut barracks; and if he will place (a) the text of these questions and (b) the results of the polling when available in the Library. [176326] Mr. Ingram: A corporate level survey on public perceptions of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces undertaken in December 2003 included one question (Q52) relating to the deaths at Deepcut. The results of this survey were placed in the Library of the House following a written statement by my hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State (Mr. Caplin) on 30 April 2004 Official Report, columns 65-66WS.We are not aware of any specific polling questions on public attitudes towards deaths in Army barracks. However, two surveys commissioned by the Army have asked members of the public questions relating to the Deepcut issue and copies of the results of these are being placed in the Library of the House today. The cost of these surveys is withheld under Exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (commercial confidences).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c591-2W; 176326

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Death Army Attitudes to Military bases Ministry of Defence Opinion polls Deepcut Barracks Questionnaires

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