Harassment Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incidents of harassment have been reported by (a) military and (b) civilian personnel in (i) each of the armed forces and (ii) his Department in each of the last 10 years. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The following table reflects the number of harassment complaints reported since October 2006 for each service. Some Tri-Service defence organisations do not record the service to which the complainant belongs. Statistical data prior to October 2006 are not held centrally. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Formal harassment complaints|Royal Navy|Army|RAF|Tri-Service Organisations| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October 2006 to March 2007 |10 |52 |15 |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April 2007 to September 2007|21 |17 |21 |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October 2007 to March 2008 |15 |39 |21 |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April 2008 to September 2008|29 |20 |27 |7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October 2008 to March 2009 |17 |34 |30 |5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April 2009 to December 2009 |26 |67 |27 |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Tri-Service Organisations have only been collected since April 2008. Armed forces personnel statistics may also include cases raised by MOD civilians against a service person. The following table shows the number of formal complaints of bullying or harassment raised by MOD Civilians through the Department’s Harassment and Bullying complaints procedure where investigation by a Harassment Investigation Officer has been requested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Formal bullying and harassment complaints (financial year)|MOD civil service| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1999-2000 |19 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000-01 |16 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001-02 |13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |27 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |20 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |36 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006-07 |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08 |66 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2008-09 |82 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2009-10 (to date) |60 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Due to the way information is recorded for civilian bullying and harassment complaints, it is not possible to separate the two types of complaint except at disproportionate cost.