HC Deb 22 November 2001 vol 375 c371W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cases of racial discrimination have been brought against the(a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Navy in the last 12 months. [17204]

Mr. Ingram

The numbers of formal complaints of racial discrimination from Service personnel in the last 12 months are shown in the table.

Year/Service Number of formal complaintsof racial discrimination
1 November 2000–31 October 2001
Naval Service 0
Army 10
1 November 2000–30 September 2001
RAF1 3
1 RAF figure for October is not yet available