Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints went to a full board hearing in the last five years.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:
http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm
The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:
2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3.
2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3.
2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3.
2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6
2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints were filed in the last five years; and how many such complaints related to allegations of bullying.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:
http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm
The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:
2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3.
2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3.
2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3.
2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6
2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO or EU cyber exercises are planned in 2014; and what the UK's involvement will be in each such exercise.
Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)
The Ministry of Defence is not aware of any EU cyber exercises planned for this year. With regards to NATO exercises, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for International Security Strategy (Dr Andrew Murrison) on 5 March 2014, (Official Report, column 846W), to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames). There are seven NATO wide cyber exercises planned for 2014. Whilst the UK is planning to participate in a NATO cyber exercise during November 2014, the exact nature of the participation is still being finalised.