To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of respondents to Question 39C in the Army Continuous Attitude Survey, September to December 2005 were (a) positive, (b) neutral and (c) negative on the matter. (90135)

In carrying out further analysis of Question 39c, an error was discovered in the analysis of the number of comments made by respondents which was used in my answer of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 1352W. I apologise for this error. For the record, I have issued a correction with the answer to this Parliamentary Question. The analysis of Question 39c is summarised as follows together with revised tables on the number and types of comments. Overall, a total of 90 Officers and 252 Soldiers commented on Question 39c, which equates to 8 per cent. and 16 per cent. respectively of those who responded to the questionnaire.

The numbers of respondents who made positive, neutral or negative comments, or comments that included a mix of all three are given in the following table.

Some respondents made more than one comment and the following tables give a breakdown of the comments. This corrects my answer of 5 July. The first table gives a breakdown of whether each of the comments was positive, negative or neutral.

This table gives a breakdown of the total number of negative comments made by category: