HC Deb 05 July 1962 vol 662 c84W
Mr. Kershaw

asked the Secretary of State for War how many courts-martial of Army personnel have been held in British Army of the Rhine in each of the last five years.

Mr. Profumo

The numbers of soldiers serving with the British Army of the Rhine and convicted at courts-martial during the five years preceding 1962 were as follows:

Percentage of strength
1957 … … … 1,037 1.6
1958 … … … 900 1.7
1959 … … … 780 1.5
1960 … … … 828 1.7
1961 … … … 803 1.6