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Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 14 March 2025UIN 35846

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33145 on Armed Forces: Sexual Offences, if he will provide a breakdown of the Service personnel charged with sexual assault between 2014 and 2024 by (a) rank and (b) year of the offence.

Answered by Al Carns

To provide an answer at this point would breach the Pre-Release Order for the Official Statistic ‘Murder, Manslaughter and Sexual offences in the Service Justice System’. The latest edition covers 2023 and the next edition covering 2024 is scheduled for release in April 2025. The collection of statistics can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system#editions.

I will write to the hon. Member in due course, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

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