Defence written question – answered at on 18 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints of (a) bullying and (b) sexual harassment have been investigated in the Department in each of the last three years; and how many complaints have been upheld.
Records are not kept centrally for these years in the form requested. Changes to record-keeping will lead to improvements for the future. The available information is as follows:
A complete record of the number of complaints upheld is not held centrally. The information provided in the table reflects the available information.
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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Bullying | |||
Investigated | 10 | 10 | 22 |
Upheld | 0 | 4 | 14 |
Sexual Harassment | |||
Investigated | 5 | 0 | 7 |
Upheld | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Army
Records of complaints that were dealt with administratively are not kept centrally for these years. The following information therefore relates only to disciplinary offences dealt with under the military justice system.
Bullying is not treated as a separate offence by the Army for the purpose of record-keeping.
Sexual Harassment. Records are not kept of the total number of offences investigated.
Convictions | |
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2003 | 26 |
2004 | 45 |
2005 | 30 |
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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Bullying | |||
Investigated | 18 | 37 | 25 |
Upheld | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Sexual Harassment | |||
Investigated | 8 | 11 | 4 |
Upheld | 2 | 4 | 2 |
MOD Civil Service
The figures quoted in the table are for civilian cases that were referred by local units to MOD Centre for complaints to be investigated by independent Harassment Investigation Officers (HIOs). Records are not held centrally of those cases where the HIOs' investigations led to complaints being upheld nor are records held centrally of bullying and sexual harassment cases that are investigated locally by MOD units and subsequently upheld.
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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Bullying | |||
Investigated | 23 | 18 | 23 |
Sexual Harassment | |||
Investigated | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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