HC Deb 28 January 1986 vol 90 cc444-5W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army personnel have been discharged or are being discharged as a result of the inquiry into breaches of security at 9 Signals Regiment.

Mr. Lee

Four have been discharged.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force personnel have been discharged or are being discharged as a result of the inquiry into breaches of security at 9 Signals Regiment.

Mr. Lee

No final decisions have yet been taken.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the service personnel who have been interviewed by Lt. Col Dobson in connection with breaches of security at 9 Signals Regiment have subsequently been discharged or await discharge and under which form of discharge.

Mr. Lee

Two service personnel have been discharged on completion of their engagements and two were discharged in accordance with Queen's regulations for the Army, paragraph 9.414. One is shortly to leave the service on completion of his engagement.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the 83 service men prematurely discharged from 9 Signals Regiment have been subjected to interrogation since 3 January 1984.

Mr. Lee

[pursuant to his answer, 13 January 1986, c. 525]: Nine of those prematurely discharged from 9 Signals Regiment provided statements of evidence as part of the investigation into the alleged breaches of security at 9 Signals Regiment. Others may have been interviewed but not required to provide such statements, and it would not now be possible to establish this figure precisely without disproportionate cost and effort.

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