Armed Forces: Children

(asked on 23rd October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 for people under the age of 18 in the armed forces.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 31st October 2017

The duty of care arrangements that the Department has in place for people under the age of 18 provides them with a safe environment to work in. The Ministry of Defence provides guidance in the form of Joint Service Publications (JSP) to Commanding Officers concerning our duty of care responsibilities for risk assessments for people under the age of 18.

JSP 375 "Management of Health and Safety in Defence", of which Part 2, Volume 1 Chapter 19 - "Young Persons", defines the broad policy with reference to legal requirements regarding employment of young persons.

JSP 822 "Defence Direction and Guidance for Training and Education" instructs Commanding Officers of Phase 1 and 2 training schools to establish effective supervisory care regimes that are underpinned by risk assessments.

Both of these policy documents are in the public domain and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488834/20160101-375_2016_P2_Vol1_Chapter_19_V1-0_Young_Persons.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-822-governance-and-management-of-defence-individual-training-education-and-skills

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