Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of extant service complaints as of 28 August 2020 in (a) the Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy which have been ongoing for (i) 0-6 months, (ii) 6-12 months, (iii) one-two years, (iv) two-three years, (v) three-four years, (vi) four-five years, (vii) six-seven years, (viii) seven-eight years, (ix) eight-nine years, (x) nine-10 years (xi) over 10 years.
The requested information is provided in the following table and was current as at 31 August 2020:
Time Period | 0-6 months | 6-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | 6-7 years | 7-8 years | 8-9 years | 9-10 years | Over 10 years |
Army | 180 | 120 | 95 | 35 | 10 | ~ | - | ~ | ~ | - | - |
Royal Air Force | 75 | 20 | 25 | ~ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Royal Navy | 55 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 5 | ~ | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
Figures are single Service estimates and have not been verified by Defence Statistics.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 to prevent the inadvertent release of personal data and figures fewer than 5 are represented by ‘~’. Zero is ‘-‘.