To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 17 of the guidance entitled JSP 763: Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution: Part 1: Directive - Understanding Behaviours in Defence, published in June 2021, how many people who made a complaint of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination within his Department decided to not take the matter further but keep a personal record.
Answered on
12 January 2024
The below table shows the number of admissible complaints withdrawn before determination across the Royal Navy, Army and RAF.
Year | ||||||
Reporting Category | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
Bullying | 17 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 65 |
Discrimination | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
Harassment | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
This information is not centrally held for civilian complaints.
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Ministry of Defence