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Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 7 March 2025. It was answered by Al Carns (Labour) on Friday, 14 March 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

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, how many of those incidents occurred (a) before and (b) after the implementation of the zero tolerance policy toward inappropriate sexual conduct.

Answer

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.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35847
Session
2024-26
Related items
Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2026-0300
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Armed forces Sexual offences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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