Defence written question – answered at on 20 March 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many independent bodies existed to hear appeals on decisions made by his Department and its executive agencies in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2005-06; and how many there have been in 2006-07 to date.
There are two independent bodies whose function is to hear appeals on decisions made by the Ministry of Defence. The Reserve Forces Appeals Tribunal, created in 1997, hears appeals against call-out for service, or against the level of financial assistance to be provided after call-out, lodged by reservists or their employers. The Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors, established in 1970, hears (but does not decide) appeals from service personnel whose application to retire or to resign a commission on the grounds of conscience has not been accepted by the service authorities.
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