Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination were made by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
The below table shows the number of civilian complaints received within the Department in each of the last five calendar years.
| Complaint Type |
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Calendar Year | Bullying | Harassment | Discrimination | Total for year |
2019 | 20 | 11 | - | 31 |
2020 | 53 | 15 | - | 68 |
2021 | 76 | 4 | - | 80 |
2022 | 78 | 3 | 23 | 104 |
2023, up to 13 December 2023 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 68 |
It is important to note that before 2022, ‘discrimination’ was not an explicitly defined category available for civilian data, so it is not possible to be able to say which – if any – complaints were due to Discrimination.
Data from 2019-2021 is from the HRMS System. Data for 2022 and 2023 is from the MyHR System.
The below table shows the number of complaints made within the tri-Services in each of the last five calendar years.
| Royal Navy |
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Calendar Year | Bullying | Harassment | Discrimination | Total for year | |
Direct | Indirect | ||||
2019 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 |
2020 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
2021 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
2022 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 59 |
2023, up to 13 December 2023 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 52 |
| Army |
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Calendar Year | Bullying | Harassment | Discrimination | Total for year | |
Direct | Indirect | ||||
2019 | 94 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 131 |
2020 | 75 | 12 | 47 | 4 | 138 |
2021 | 78 | 7 | 47 | 6 | 138 |
2022 | 80 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 133 |
2023, up to 13 December 2023 | 70 | 8 | 53 | 3 | 134 |
| RAF |
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Calendar Year | Bullying | Harassment | Discrimination | Total for year | |
Direct | Indirect | ||||
2019 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
2020 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
2021 | 45 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 61 |
2022 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
2023, up to 13 December 2023 | 36 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 56 |