Written question asked by Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 30 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 January 2005. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Monday, 17 January 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the complaints considered under redress procedures since 1997 concerned (a) sexual harassment, (b) racial harassment, (c) parental leave directive, (d) pay and (e) religion broken down by service. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the complaints considered under redress procedures since 1997 concerned (a) sexual harassment, (b) racial harassment, (c) parental leave directive, (d) pay and (e) religion broken down by service. [201841] Mr. Caplin: Information is not held in the form requested as the Services only hold statistics for the number of complaints considered at Service Board level. Details are as follows: Naval Service The Naval Service do not hold complete records prior to 2001. Between 2001 and 2003, one case involved sexual harassment and 22 pay related issues. Army Between 1999 and 2003, the Army recorded 29 complaints alleging sexual harassment, 18 alleged racial harassment, one religious harassment and 192 related to pay issues. RAF Between 1997 and 2003, the number of complaints for sexual harassment and discrimination was 87, the number for racial harassment and discrimination was 28 and 262 complaints concerned pay.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 201841; 429 c737-8W;429 c741W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Complaints Armed forces Equality Pay Racial harassment Religion Sexual harassment
Contains statistics: Yes
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