§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average satisfaction levels of respondents to the last assessed Army Continuous Attitude Survey were with regard to(a) question 26b, (b) question 28, (c) question 29e, (d) question 37a, (e) question 37c, (f) question 37f, (g) question 18aa, (h) question 18ab and (i) question 18ac; what this number represents as a percentage of total responses received; and how many respondents were in the (A) top and (B) bottom categories of satisfaction. [143616]
§ Mr. CaplinFrom the latest Army Serving Personnel Continuous Attitude Survey, undertaken in December 2002, only the response options to question 28 were expressed in terms of category of satisfaction. The responses are set out in the following table:
Question 28. How do you feel your pay compares to that of your civilian counterparts? Officers Soldiers Numbers Percentage Numbers Percentage 1. Mine is much better 13 4.0 82 6.0 2. Mine is better 45 13.5 254 20.0 3. About the same 92 28.0 362 28.5 4. Mine is worse 151 45.5 392 31.0 5. Mine is much worse 30 9.0 184 14.5