The Armed Forces Bill
AFB 17
Supplementary written evidence from the Ministry of Defence
Service Complaint Panels
1.
During the evidence session on 3 February,
witnesses undertook to provide the
Select Committee
with
a memorandum in response to
Q
uestion Q54
,
about the number of
S
ervice
C
omplaint
P
anels
that
had
taken place with
an independent member and how many panels there had been altogether.
2.
The table below sets out th
e
information
requested
, together with additional figures for the number of Service Boards
that have
been
held over the same period.
|
Year
|
Service
|
Panels convened with an independent member
|
Panels convened without an independent member
|
Service Boards
|
|
2009
|
Navy
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
|
Army
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
RAF
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
2010
|
Navy
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Army
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
RAF
|
9
|
14
|
1
|
|
2011 up to 4 Feb
|
Navy
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Army
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
|
RAF
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
Navy
|
4
|
10
|
1
|
|
Army
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
|
RAF
|
10
|
15
|
1
|
Notes:
a. These figures represent the Defence Council-level adjudications of Service complaints made under the auspices of Armed Forces Act 2006.
b. Redress of complaint cases which were made under the legislation that preceded the Armed Forces Act 2006 and which reached the same level have not been included because service complaint panels were not available as an alternative to Service Boards under the earlier arrangements.
c. Service Complaint Panel totals have been separated out to show those panels which included an independent member and those which did not.
Ministry of Defence
16 February 2011
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