§ Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
For each of HM Armed Forces, how many "redress of grievance" cases have been related to the exercise of summary jurisdiction in the last 12-month period for which figures are available.[HL78]
§ Lord BurlisonRedress of grievance cannot be submitted by service personnel against summary trial proceedings. Personnel may, however, request a review of summary trial dealing. The figures for the period 1 November 1998 to 31 October 1999 are as follows:
RN: 7 RAF: 2 The Army does not hold these figures centrally, and could only provide them at disproportionate cost.
§ Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
For each of HM Armed Forces, how many "redress of grievance" cases are outstanding after more than eight weeks, in respect of(a) officers; and (b) other ranks. [HL80]
§ Lord BurlisonThe figures for cases dealt with by the three Services at unit level are not held centrally. However, it is possible to provide figures for cases that have reached Service Board level that are currently outstanding after more than eight weeks following initial receipt at MoD Headquarter level.
Officers Other Ranks RN 7 17 Army 26 47 RAF 8 3
Week No Week Commencing (Sunday) Number of prisoners released Week-ending (Saturday) Cumulative total of prisoners released 1 06 September 1998 7 12 September 1998 7 2 13 September 1998 17 19 September 1998 24 3 20 September 1998 18 26 September 1998 42 4 27 September 1998 25 03 October 1998 67 5 04 October 1998 18 10 October 1998 85 6 11 October 1998 47 17 October 1998 132 7 18 October 1998 41 24 October 1998 173 8 25 October 1998 18 31 October 1998 191