§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) Royal Air Force officers and (b) other ranks have been (i) dismissed from the service and (ii) court-martialled in each of the last five years. [55808]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonDismissal from the RAF can be awarded only by courts martial. The table shows the number of RAF personnel convicted by courts martial and the number sentenced to be dismissed over the last 5 years.
Convictions by Courts Martial1 Dismissed Year Officers Other ranks Officers Other ranks 1993 3 102 2 42 1994 2 71 1 28 1995 3 83 1 32 1996 4 60 2 19 1997 4 24 1 10 19982 2 41 0 12 1 The figures do not include cases where a sentence of dismissal awarded by the Court was subsequently mitigated or quashed 2 Up to 20 October 1998