HC Deb 07 December 1989 vol 163 cc307-8W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers of the armed forces have been dismissed from the services for sexual offences in each year since 1979.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The information requested is readily available only for the years 1984 to 1988.

During that period two officers were convicted by court martial and dismissed from the services for sexual offences, the first in 1985 and the second in 1988.