Speeches

David Anderson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel from 13 and 39 Squadron have not taken their full entitlement to annual leave over the last two years.

Mark Lancaster

The number of Service personnel from 13 and 39 Squadrons who have not taken their full annual leave entitlement of 38 days over the last two years is given below:

2013-14

Number of personnel

2014-15

Number of personnel

39 Squadron

56

39 Squadron

47

13 Squadron

67

13 Squadron

69

Up to a maximum of 15 of the 38 days can be carried forward to the next leave year.

More than 90% of Service personnel from 13 and 39 Squadrons have taken 28 or more days leave during the last two years.