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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Armed Forces who a) are absent without leave and b) have deserted remain eligible to receive pay, pensionable benefits, allowances, or other benefits during the period of their absence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Armed Forces who a) are absent without leave and b) have deserted remain eligible to receive pay, pensionable benefits, allowances, or other benefits during the period of their absence.
Armed Forces Personnel who are Absent Without Leave or who have Deserted are not eligible to receive pay, pensionable benefits, allowances, or other financial benefits during the period of their absence.
Clause 4 agreed to. Clause 5, discussed with clauses 6 to 9 stand part, schedules 2 and 3, and new clause 12. Clauses 5 to 9 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. Clauses 10 to 19 agreed to. Clause 20 and an amendment under discussion when the Committee adjourned.
Clause 4 agreed to. Clause 5, discussed with clauses 6 to 9 stand part, schedules 2 and 3, and new clause 12. Clauses 5 to 9 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. Clauses 10 to 19 agreed to. Clause 20 and an amendment under discussion when the Committee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many female armed forces service personnel were (a) absent without leave (b) charged with desertion or (c) registered with military and civilian police as a missing person in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many female armed forces service personnel were (a) absent without leave (b) charged with desertion or (c) registered with military and civilian police as a missing person in each year since 2015.
The information available on female Armed Forces Service personnel who have been absent without leave (AWOL) or charged with desertion in each of the last five years is provided in the tables below.
The Ministry of Defence holds no information on missing persons in the United Kingdom as this is a matter for the civilian police forces. There are no records of any female Service personnel being reported to the Service Police as a missing person overseas in the last five years.
Year | Recorded AWOL |
2015 | 5 |
2016 | ~ |
2017 | 0 |
2018 | 5 |
2019 | ~ |
2020 (as at 21 July) | ~ |
Year | Charged with Desertion |
2015 | ~ |
2016 | ~ |
2017 | 0 |
2018 | 0 |
2019 | 0 |
2020 (as at 21 July) | 0 |
Notes:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 to preserve anonymity. Where the number is less than 5, the symbol ~ has been used. All figures are single Service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
The AWOL figures in the table are for the number of AWOL offences reported, not the
number of personnel who have gone AWOL. An individual may be recorded as AWOL more than once in this time period.
The figures for Recorded AWOL and Desertion charges have been compiled from different sources and have not been cross-checked.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the last four years, how many British Muslims have joined the armed forces, and how many they estimate have gone independently to fight in Syria and North Africa.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in the last four years, how many British Muslims have joined the armed forces, and how many they estimate have gone independently to fight in Syria and North Africa.
All candidates joining the Armed Forces are subject to exactly the same vetting procedures applicable to their chosen branch or trade, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
There is no requirement for personnel to declare their religion. However, the numbers of British personnel who joined the UK Regular Armed Forces and self-declared their religion as Muslim in the last four financial years is set out below. The Ministry of Defence is not aware of any British Muslim members of the UK Regular Armed Forces going Absent Without Official Leave to fight in Syria or North Africa in the last four years.
Intake to the UK Regular Forces of personnel with a British Nationality declaring a Muslim religion, by Financial Year
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
10 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
Note: figures show intake to UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, which comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers), intake to the Army from the Gurkhas and intake from the reserves. They exclude all movements within the Regular Forces; including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from Ranks to Officer due to promotion. All numbers are rounded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were recorded as AWOL in each of the last five years; and how many such soldiers were aged (a) 18, (b) 19 and (c) 21 years at the time of going absent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were recorded as AWOL in each of the last five years; and how many such soldiers were aged (a) 18, (b) 19 and (c) 21 years at the time of going absent.
Absent Without Leave (AWOL) information is recorded by the Royal Military Police on their REDCAP system. The number of soldiers recorded as AWOL in each of the last five completed calendar years is:
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Total | 2,135 | 1,991 | 1,457 | 1,062 | 815 |
Each incidence of AWOL is recorded as a separate entry. As such if an individual has been AWOL three times during a year this will be recorded as three separate instances of AWOL.
To provide the age of each individual would require a manual check of every AWOL record and as such could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel who went absent without leave as a result of bullying and abuse in the armed forces in a) 2010, b) 2011, c) 2012 and d) 2013 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of serving personnel who went absent without leave as a result of bullying and abuse in the armed forces in a) 2010, b) 2011, c) 2012 and d) 2013 to date.
This information is not held in the format requested. The information readily available on armed forces personnel who have been absent without leave (AWOL) in the last four years, broken down by service is detailed in the following table.
| Year/service | Number
of AWOL
incidents |
| Naval
service | |
| 2010 | 75 |
| 2011 | 70 |
| 2012 | 50 |
| 2013
(to 9 October
2013) | 35 |
| Army | |
| 2010 | 1,990 |
| 2011 | 1,460 |
| 2012 | 1,060 |
| 2013
(to 9 October
2013) | 645 |
| Royal
Air
Force | |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013
(to 9 October
2013) | 15 |
The figures have been rounded to the nearest five or 10. The number of incidences of reported AWOL may include the same individual more than once.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many recruits aged below 18 years have gone absent without leave (a) in the last five years and (b) since the Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 were introduced;
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many recruits aged below 18 years have gone absent without leave (a) in the last five years and (b) since the Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 were introduced;
The information requested on absence without leave for recruits below the age of 18 is only available for those who were classed as long-term absent for 21 days or more. These data are set out in the following table:
| Financial
year | Total |
| 2008-09 | 201 |
| 2009-10 | 30 |
| 2010-11 | 10 |
| 2011-12 | 10 |
| 2012-131 | 10 |
| Since
12 July
2011 | 10 |
| Total | 80 |
| 1
The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 were
brought into force on 12 July
2011. Note: The totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. |
The number of recruits requesting and granted discharge as of right under the amended regulations, and instances of absence under 21 days, are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, there are no known examples in which a formal application for discretionary discharge under the ‘Under 18 Discharge as of Right’ scheme has been rejected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in each year since 2011; and how many such people were under the age of 18.
[152052]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in each year since 2011; and how many such people were under the age of 18.
[152052]
The information readily available on armed forces personnel who have been absent without leave (AWOL) in the last three years, broken down by service is shown in the following table:
|
Year/service
|
Number
of trained strength
AWOL
|
Number
of trainees
AWOL
|
Total
of under
18s
|
|
Naval
service
| |||
| 2011 | 70 | 0 | n/k |
| 2012 | 51 | 0 | n/k |
| 2013
to 19 April
2013 | 5 | 0 | n/k |
|
Army
| |||
| 2011 | 1,457 | n/k | |
| 2012 | 1,057 | n/k | |
| 2013
to 19 April
2013 | 251 | n/k | |
|
Royal
Air
Force
| |||
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013
to 19 April
2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The number of incidences of reported AWOL may include the same individual more than once.
(2) (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18.
(2) (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (1) armed forces personnel were subject to detention or incarceration for going absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18 at the time of the offence;
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (1) armed forces personnel were subject to detention or incarceration for going absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18 at the time of the offence;
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces aged under 18 years were detained in the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester, for being absent without leave in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces aged under 18 years were detained in the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester, for being absent without leave in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and if he will make a statement.
| Under 18s detained | |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel aged under 18 years were serving a sentence in the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester for having gone absent without leave in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many personnel aged under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel aged under 18 years were serving a sentence in the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester for having gone absent without leave in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many personnel aged under...
| Under 18s detained | |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces were serving a sentence in the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester, for having gone absent without leave while under the age of 18 on the first day of each month between January 2009 and December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces were serving a sentence in the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester, for having gone absent without leave while under the age of 18 on the first day of each month between January 2009 and December...
| Date | Number serving in Military Corrective Training Centre |
| 2009 | |
| January | 1 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 4 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 6 |
| August | 5 |
| September | 4 |
| October | 4 |
| November | 3 |
| December | 1 |
| 2010 | |
| January | 0 |
| February | 2 |
| March | 2 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 3 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 5 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel including those in training aged under 18 years (a) were recorded as absent without leave and (b) deserted in each year from 2001 to 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel including those in training aged under 18 years (a) were recorded as absent without leave and (b) deserted in each year from 2001 to 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were absent without leave in each month in 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were absent without leave in each month in 2009.
| Incidents of reported AWOL for each month of 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Navy | Army | Royal Air Force | |
| January | 5 | — | 1 |
| February | 10 | — | 0 |
| March | 10 | — | 0 |
| April | 5 | — | 0 |
| May | 10 | — | 0 |
| June | 10 | — | 0 |
| July | 10 | — | 0 |
| August | 5 | — | 1 |
| September | 10 | — | 0 |
| October | 10 | — | 1 |
| November | 5 | — | 3 |
| December | 0 | — | 0 |
| Total | 85 | ¹2,110 | 6 |
| ¹ This is the number of recorded incidences, not the number of people AWOL or the number of charges brought. | |||
| Note: | |||
| Figures for the Royal Navy and Army are rounded to the nearest five. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel went absent without leave (a) from posts (i) in Scotland, (ii) in Northern Ireland, (iii) in Wales, (iv) in England and (v) overseas and (b) while on operations in each month of 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel went absent without leave (a) from posts (i) in Scotland, (ii) in Northern Ireland, (iii) in Wales, (iv) in England and (v) overseas and (b) while on operations in each month of 2009.
| Region | |||||||
| Royal Navy | Eastern | Western | Northern | Army | Royal Air Force | Region | |
| January | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | Scotland |
| February | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| March | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| April | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| May | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| June | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| July | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| August | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | England |
| September | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| October | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | England |
| November | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | England |
| Total | ¹82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ¹1,695 | ¹6 | — |
| ¹ This is the number of recorded incidences, not the number of people AWOL or the number of charges brought. | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||
| 1. Figures in respect of the Royal Navy and Army rounded to nearest 5. | |||||||
| 2. The Royal Navy record their AWOL incidences by regions of the United Kingdom (Eastern, Western and Northern) from the ship or unit where they absconded from. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have been absent without leave in each month of 2009 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have been absent without leave in each month of 2009 to date.
| Royal Navy | Army | Royal Air Force | |
| January | 5 | — | 1 |
| February | 10 | — | 0 |
| March | 10 | — | 0 |
| April | 5 | — | 0 |
| May | 10 | — | 0 |
| June | 10 | — | 0 |
| July | 10 | — | 0 |
| August | 5 | — | 1 |
| September | 10 | — | 0 |
| October | 10 | — | 1 |
| November | 5 | — | 3 |
| Total | 80 | ¹1,695 | 6 |
| ¹ This is the number of recorded incidences, not the number of people AWOL or the number of charges brought. | |||
| Note: | |||
| Figures for the Royal Navy and Army rounded to nearest 5. |
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of service personnel (a) went absent without leave and (b) deserted in each of the last 10 years. [254034] [Official Report, 9 February 2009, Vol. 487, c. 1525-26W.] Letter of correction from Mr. Kevan Jones:...
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of service personnel (a) went absent without leave and (b) deserted in each of the last 10 years. [254034] [Official Report, 9 February 2009, Vol. 487, c. 1525-26W.] Letter of correction from Mr. Kevan Jones:...
SI 2009/1108. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry of Defence. Coming into force 31 October 2009.
SI 2009/1108. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry of Defence. Coming into force 31 October 2009.
SI 2009/1109. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry of Defence. Coming into force 31 October 2009.
SI 2009/1109. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Ministry of Defence. Coming into force 31 October 2009.