Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of (a) bullying, (b) discrimination and (c) harassment have been upheld in his Department in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023.

The below table shows the number of military complaints upheld for bullying, discrimination and harassment in each year since 2019.

The below table shows the number of civilian complaints upheld for bullying, discrimination and harassment in each year since 2019. This data is representative of MOD Main Department core workforce, including DE&S and SDA, with numbers based on the year of the final outcome date.

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.

The below table shows the number of military sexual harassment complaints received in each year since 2019.

The below table shows the number of civilian sexual harassment complaints received in each year since 2019. This data is for MOD main, however does not included DE&S and SDA.