Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 70941

Armed Forces: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 3 September 2025

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Question

Dave Doogan

Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been convicted of (a) violent and (b) sexual offences against other personnel since 2000; how many received custodial sentences; and how many returned to service following rel

Answer

Al Carns

Official statistics produced by the MOD from 2015 show information on the prosecution of sexual offending, and murder and manslaughter from 2021. However, they do not show which cases relate to other personnel. The information requested is not held centra...

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