§ Lord Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any progress has been made on the forthcoming reports on tri-service and armed training establishments and Army training and welfare policy. [HL811]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)On 17 October (Official Report, col. 887W) we announced in another place that a special appraisal of the initial training of non-officer recruits of all three services would take place. This review was to be conducted independent of service and commands and to report directly to Ministers. The work is nearing completion and we now plan to make findings public in January next year.
Surrey Police continues its investigation into deaths at Deepcut and it would be inappropriate to comment on this area until its inquiry is complete.