§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many disciplinary offences involving(a) men and (b) women of each service of HM forces were dealt with by (i) court martial and (ii) commanding officers in each of the last two years. [13163]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is not available in the form requested. Central records of court martial convictions are maintained, but not of the individual offences brought before courts martial and acquittals. Information on the number of offences dealt with by commanding officers could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
197WInformation on the number of men and women convicted by court martial, analysed by service and sex, in the past two years is available and is provided in the table.
Court martial convictions Service 1995 1996 Navy Total 78 51 Service men 77 48 Service women 1 3 Army Total 399 1292 Service men 389 1285 Service women 5 13 Civilian men 2 12 Civilian women 3 12 RAF Total 97 61 Service men 95 59 Service women 1 2 Civilian women 1 — 1 These figures cover the period 1 January 1996 to 1 September 1996.