Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 22 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 1: Directive - Understanding Behaviours in Defence, published in June 2021, how many and what proportion of climate assessments conducted have been at (a) level one and (b) level two in each year since 2019.

The single Services have provided the following responses:

Royal Navy

Climate Assessment Level 1:

• July to December 2021: 11
• 2022: 27
• 2023: 31

Climate Assessment Level 2:

• 2022: 3
• 2023: 7

Note: Royal Navy Level 1 Climate Assessments were created in July 2021 and Level 2 in January 2022.

Army

Climate Assessment Level 1:

• 2019: 198
• 2020: 234
• 2021: 276
• 2022: 271
• 2023: 257

Climate Assessment Level 2:

• 2019: 6
• 2020: 2
• 2021: 11
• 2022: 20
• 2023: 29

Notes: The Level 2 process was redesigned in 2019, so delivery stopped during this process and only commenced for the year in October.

Covid interruptions reduced face-to-face Climate assessments in 2020 and 2021.

Royal Air Force

Climate Assessment Level 1:

• 2022: 11
• 2023: 25

Climate Assessment Level 2:

• 2022: 3
• 2023: 12

Note: The Royal Air Force did not undertake Climate Assessments prior to September 2021.