HC Deb 27 February 2003 vol 400 cc654-61W
Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army personnel indicated in the latest analysed Army continuous attitude survey that they were(a) very satisfied, (b) satisfied, (c) neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, (d) dissatisfied and (e) very dissatisfied when asked about (i) how much they felt valued by the army, (ii) general job satisfaction, (iii) how satisfied they were with management by superior NCOs/WOs, (iv) how satisfied they were with management by officers, (v) working conditions on operations, (vi) working conditions non-operations, (vii) confidence in abilities of immediate superiors, (viii) satisfaction with army life in general, (xi) satisfaction with quality of life, (x) satisfaction with workload, (xi) satisfaction with amount of leave entitlement, (xii) overall amount of training received, (xiii) overall pay, (xiv) army pension arrangements, (xv) welfare arrangements on operational tours and (xvi) welfare support for families; what percentage of those responding to each question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99185]

Dr. Moonie

The questions raised were covered in two separate Continuous Attitude Surveys (CAS), SP2 distributed in August 2001 and SP3 distributed in May 2002 as indicated. Questions asked in SP 2 were not repeated in SP3. The details have been placed in the Library.

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey indicated they(a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed, (e) strongly disagreed and (f) didn't know to the statement 'Overstretch is causing serious problems in my working group'; what percentage of those responding to this question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99190]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued o 2000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the statement 'Overstretch is causing serious problems in my working' are set out in the table below. It is not possible to separate the 'Don't know' from the 'not applicable' responses.

Airmen Officers Total
Strongly agree
Number1 347 70 417
Percentage 36.6 32.0 35.7
Agree
Number1 333 77 410
Percentage 35.1 35.2 35.1
Neither agree nor disagree
Number1 170 37 207
Percentage 17.9 16.9 17.7
Disagree
Number1 75 27 102
Percentage 7.9 12.3 8.7
Strongly Disagree
Number1 10 1 11
Percentage 1.1 0.5. 0.9
Don't know/not applicable
Number1 13 7 20
Percentage 1.4 3.2 1.7
Total:
Number1 948 219 1,167
Percentage 100 100 100
1 Number of people who responded with this answer

Airmen Officers Total
Number1 Percentage Number1 Percentage Number1 Percentage
Strongly agree 458 48.3 120 54.8 578 49.5
Agree 372 39.2 80 36.5 452 38.7
Neither agree nor disagree 87 9.2 13 5.9 100 8.6
Disagree 10 1.1 2 0.9 12 1.0
Strongly disagree 1 0.1 — — 1 0.1
Don't know/not applicable 20 2.1 4 1.8 24 2.1
Total 948 100 219 100 1,167 100
1 The number of people who responded with this answer.

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey indicated they(a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed, (e) strongly disagreed and (f) didn't know to the statement 'In the past 12 months I have had more than my fair share of separated service/detached duty'; what percentage of those responding to this question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99192]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the statement 'In the last 12 months I have had more than my fair share of separated service/detached duty' are set out in the following table. It is not possible to separate the 'Don't know' from the 'not applicable' responses.

Airmen Officers Total
Strongly agree
Number 76 14 90
Percentage 8.0 6.4 7.7
Agree
Number 163 30 193
Percentage 17.2 13.7 16.6

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey indicated they(a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed, (e) strongly disagreed and (f) didn't know to the statement 'Overstretch is causing serious problems in the RAF as a whole'; what percentage of those responding to this question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99191]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the statement 'Overstretch is causing serious problems in the RAF as a whole' are set out in the table. It is not possible to separate the 'Don't know' from the 'not applicable' responses.

Airmen Officers Total
Neither agree nor disagree
Number 297 60 357
Percentage 31.4 27.4 30.6
Disagree
Number 206 61 267
Percentage 21.8 27.9 22.9
Strongly disagree
Number 63 28 91
Percentage 6.7 12.8 7.8
Don't know/not applicable
Number 141 26 167
Percentage 14.9 11.9 14.3
Total
Number 946 219 1,165
Percentage 100 100 100

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Naval personnel in the latest analysed Royal Navy continuous attitude survey indicated that they were(a) very satisfied, (b) satisfied, (c) neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, (d) dissatisfied, (e) very dissatisfied regarding (i) adequacy of training for service job, (ii) current minimum time ashore, (iii) effect of their career on the career of spouse/partner, (iv) level of job satisfaction, (v) pay in general (vi), total remuneration package, (vii), amount of annual leave allowance (viii) medical and dental facilities for themselves, (ix) enjoyment of service life,

(x) amount of separation from family and friends and

(xi) rates and terms of pensions; what percentage of those responding to each question each option

Royal Navy
Very satisfied Satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Dissatisfied
Adequacy of training for your service job 97 11.2 502 58.2 148 17.1 95 11.0
Current Minimum Time Ashore (MTA) 87 10.1 279 32.3 236 27.3 152 17.6
Effect of your career on the career of your spouse/partner 9 10 132 153 346 40.1 211 24.4
Level of job satisfaction (you expect in the future) 32 37 332 38.5 26.3 30.5 180 20.9
Your pay in general 40 4.6 312 36.2 191 22.1 224 26.0
Your total remuneration package 20 2.3 293 34.0 288 33.4 206 23.9
Amount of annual leave allowance (30 working days) 51 5.9 491 56.9 208 24.1 92 10.7
Medical and Dental facilities for yourself 118 13.7 510 59.1 110 12.7 82 9.5
Your enjoyment of service life 91 10.5 372 43.1 214 24.8 142 16.5
Amount of separation from family and friends 3 0.3 124 14.4 292 33.8 267 30.9
The rates and terms of pensions 48 5.6 313 36.3 325 37.7 95 11.0

Note:

From the General Report of the RN's Continuous Attitude Survey completed in August 2002.

Very dissatisfied Nil response
Adequacy of training for your service job 17 2.0 4 0.5
Current Minimum Time Ashore (MTA) 84 9.7 25 2.9
Effect of your career on the career of your spouse/partner 87 10.1 78 9.0
Level of job satisfaction (you expect in the future) 48 5.6 8 0.9
Your pay in general 89 10.3 7 0.8
Your total remuneration package 46 5.3 10 1.2
Amount of annual leave allowance (30 working days) 17 2.0 4 0.5
Medical and Dental facilities for yourself 41 4.8 2 0.2
Your enjoyment of service life 39 45 5 0.6
Amount of separation from family and friends 154 17.8 23 2.7
The rates and terms of pensions 44 5.1 38 4.4

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Naval personnel in the latest analysed Royal Navy continuous attitude survey indicated that they(a) strongly agreed, (b) agreed, (c) neither agreed nor disagreed, (d) disagreed and (e) strongly disagreed with the statements (i) in your own opinion the service is more sexist than society as a whole, (ii) in your own

Royal Navy
Strongly agreed Agreed Neither Agreed nor Disagreed Disagreed Strongly Disagreed Nil Response
Question Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
In your opinion the service is more sexist than society as a whole1 41 4.8 178 20.6 191 22.1 295 34.2 150 17.4 8 0.9
In your opinion the service is more racist than society as a whple1 11 1.3 72 8.3 157 18.2 369 42.8 245 28.4 9 1.0
I trust my senior officers to do the right thing2 20 2.3 305 35.3 205 23.7 248 28.7 65 7.5 21 2.4
Notes:
1 From the General Report of the RN's Continuous Attitude Survey completed in August 2002.
2 From the Collective Performance section of the RN's Continuous Attitude Survey completed in November 2002. (The General Report for this survey has yet to be analyzed).

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey said their work load was(a) too high, (b) about right and (c) too low; what percentage of those responding to this question each option represents, when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99186]

represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99196]

Dr. Moonie

The information requested is provided in the table.

opinion the service is more racist than society as a whole and (iii) I trust my senior officers to do the right thing; what percentage of those responding to each question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99197]

Dr. Moonie

The information requested is provided in the table below:

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

The responses to the question in which individuals were requested to assess their current work load (excluding secondary duties) are set out in the following table.

Work load (excluding secondary duties) is assessed as:

Airmen Officers Total
Too high
Number1 240 78 318
Percentage 25.8 35.9 27.7
About right
Number1 620 130 750
Percentage 66.6 59.9 65.3 Too low
Total
Number1 71 9 80
Percentage 7.6 4.1 7.0
Total
Number1 931 217 1,148
Percentage 100 100 100
1 The number of people who responded with this answer.

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey said they worked each week on average(a) 30 hours or less, (b) 31–35 hours, (c) 36–40 hours, (d) 41–45 hours, (e) 46–50 hours, (f) 51–60 hours and (g) over 60 hours, what percentage of those responding to this question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99187]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the question 'Over the last three months, approximately how many hours have you worked each week on average, including lunch breaks?', are set out in the following table:

Hours Airmen Officers Total
30 or less
Number1 19 4 23
Percentage 2.0 1.8 2.0
31–35
Number1 36 4 40
Percentage 3.8 1.8 3.4
36–40
Number1 188 20 208
Percentage 19.9 9.2 17.9
41–45
Number1 342 71 413
Percentage 36.3 32.6 35.6
46–50
Number1 223 68 291
Percentage 23.6 31.2 25.1
51–60
Number1 87 40 127
Percentage 9.2 18.3 10.9
Over 60
Number1 48 11 59
Percentage 5.1 5.0 5.1
Total
Number 943 218 1,161
Percentage 100 100 100
1 Number of people who responded with this answer

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey indicated that they intended to opt for further service if they had the opportunity; what percentage of those responding to this question each reply option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99194]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the question 'Do you intend to opt for further service if you have the opportunity?' are set out in the following table.

Airmen Officers Total
Yes
Number1 347 35 382
Percentage 36.5 15.9 32.6
Perhaps
Number1 335 61 396
Percentage 35.3 27.7 33.8
No
Number1 210 41 251
Percentage 22.1 18.6 21.5
N/a—already committed to a full
career to age 55
Number1 58 83 141
Percentage 6.1 37.7 12.1
Total
Number1 950 220 1,170
Percentage 100 100 100
1 The number of people who responded with this answer.

Mr. Keetch

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF personnel in the latest analysed Royal Air Force continuous attitude survey indicated that life in the RAF(a) was much better than expected, (b) was better than expected, (c) was as expected, (d) was worse than expected, (e) was much worse than expected and (f) has no expectations; what percentage of those responding to the question each option represents; when the survey was completed; and if he will make a statement. [99195]

Dr. Moonie

The latest analysed survey was issued to 2,000 RAF personnel on 1 February 2002, and completed by them during February to April 2002. It was published in September 2002.

In this survey, the responses to the question 'Overall, how has your life in the RAF been, compared to what you expected?' are set out in the following table:

Airmen Officers Total
Much better than I expected it to be
Number1 59 14 73
Percentage 6.2 6.4 6.2
Better than I expected it to be
Number1 253 59 312
Percentage 26.7 26.8 26.7
As 1 expected it to be
Number1 367 104 471
Percentage 38.7 47.3 40.3

Airmen Officers Total
Worse than I expected it to be
Number1 185 36 221
Percentage 19.5 16.4 18.9
Much worse than I expected it to be
Number1 35 2 37
Percentage 3.7 0.9 3.2
I had no expectations
Number1 50 5 55
Percentage 5.3 2.3 4.7
Total
Number1 949 220 1,169
Percentage 100 100 100
1 The number of people who responded with this answer.

Ship Build completion date Date of acceptance into service Planned decommission date Crew complement Approximate stores capacity Ownership
Diligence 1981 1984 2006 53 RFA 77 Embarked force Fuel: 1,400 sq m MOD
Grey Rover 1970 1970 2007 54 RFA Fuel: 6,000 sq m Fresh water: 300 sq m Oil: 66,000 litres MOD
Gold Rover 1974 1974 2007 54 RFA Fuel: 5,500 sq m Fresh water: 300 sq m MOD
Black Rover 1974 1974 2007 53 RFA Fuel: 6,000 sq m Fresh water: 300 sq m Oil: 66,000 litres MOD
Brambeleaf 1976 1980 2009 58 RFA Fuel: 31,000 sq m Fresh water: 1,400 sq m MOD
Bayleaf 1982 1982 2009 58 RFA Fuel: 28,700 sq m Fresh water: 1,400 sq m Lombards Leasing Services
Orangeleaf 1975 1984 2008 58 RFA Fuel: 31,000 sq m Fresh water: 1,400 sq m Lloyds Industrial Leasing Ltd.
Oakleaf 1981 1986 2015 36 RFA Fuel: 38,700 sq m Fresh water: 1,300 sq m James Fisher Ltd.
Fort Rosalie 1978 1978 2013 106 RFA 12 RN 28 Civilian Ammunition, food and general Naval stores: 10,100 sq m MOD
Fort Austin 1979 1979 2014 106 RFA 12 RN 26 Civilian Ammunition, food and general naval stores: 10,100 sq m MOD
Ford Victoria 1993 1994 2019 96 RFA 13 RN 23 Civilian Fuel: 12,000 sq m Fresh water: 370 sq m Oil: 137,000 litres Ammunition, food and general Naval stores: 6,400 sq m MOD
Fort George 1993 1994 2019 95 RFA 13 RN 28 Civilian Fuel: 12,000 sq m Fresh water:370 sq m Oil: 136,000 sq m Ammunition, food and general Naval stores: 5,900 sq m MOD
Argus 1981 1988 2008 82 RFA 69 Embarked force Fuel: 3,700 sq m MOD
Sir Bedivere 1967 Ship Life Extension Programme 1998 1967 2011 59 RFA 352 Embarked force Ammunition and cargo: 660 sq m vehicles: 12 Challenger tanks, 31 large vehicles, 56 Land Rovers or 26 cargo containers on tank deck; 19 large vehicles, 50 Land Rovers or 20 cargo containers on vehicle deck MOD
Sir Geraint 1967 1967 2004 52 RFA 250 embarked force Ammunition and cargo: 600 sq m vehicles: 14 Challenger tanks, 23 large vehicles, 62 Land Rovers or 20 cargo containers on tank deck; 34 large vehicles, 63 Land Rovers or 30 cargo containers on vehicle deck MOD