HC Deb 23 January 2003 vol 398 cc443-4W
Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the responses given by naval personnel to questions no. 30 and 31 of the most recent Royal Navy Continuous Attitude Survey; how many personnel responded to questions 30 and 31; and what percentage of respondents to the survey this represents. [92799]

Dr. Moonie

Details of the responses to questions 30 and 31 of the Royal Navy's most recently published Continuous Attitude Survey report are provided as follows.

Q30—Please indicate your own morale in the service (morale in this context is a combination of contentment, motivation and a sense of well being)

Number
Very Good 69
Good 328
Average 344
Poor 170
Very Poor 41
Total 952

The number responding to this question, 952, represents over 99 per cent. of the 957 responses to the survey as a whole.

Q31—Having now had the opportunity to give your views on various aspects of service life, please give your overall view of your conditions of service.

Number
Very satisfied 40
Satisfied 417
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 229
Dissatisfied 230
Very dissatisfied 33
Total 949

The number responding to this question, 949, represents 99 per cent. of the responses to the survey as a whole.

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the next continuous attitude surveys for the(a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Air Force will be (i) conducted and (ii) published; whether the questions to be asked will differ in any way from those asked in the last survey; and if he will make a statement. [92800]

Dr. Moonie

The next continuous attitude survey for the Royal Navy will be issued at the end of January with a report expected at the end of May. For the Army the next survey is scheduled to be sent out in June with a report scheduled for publication in September. For the RAF the next questionnaire will be issued on 3 February and the report will be published in August.

The questions in the Royal Navy and the RAF surveys are the same as those asked in the last surveys. For the Army some of the questions will be slightly different from last time. All of the Army surveys have common themes but, within each theme, the type and number of questions is re-examined on each occasion. For the forthcoming survey in June the existing diversity and discipline sections will be re-balanced against a different subject, yet to be decided.

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