HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 cc544-5W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many courts martial have taken place in(a) the UK and (b) overseas military bases, in each of the last three years. [89664]

Dr. Moonie

The following courts-martial have taken place in the UK and overseas in the last three years:

United Kingdom Overseas
Year RN Army1 RAF RN Army1 RAF
2000 53 278 68 Nil 177 13
2001 59 394 97 Nil 238 12
2002 52 323 54 Nil 158 6
1Army figures represent the number of individuals tried.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) men and (b) women have appeared before a UK court martial in each of the last three years; what rank they were; and how many were found (i) guilty and (ii) not guilty. [89665]

Dr. Moonie

The following tables show the numbers of men and women, by Service and rank, that have appeared before United Kingdom courts martial in the last three years, together with the subsequent findings.

Royal Navy
2000 2001 2002
Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty
Male
Captain 1
Commander 1 1
Lt Cdr 3 2 3
Lieutenant 5 8 4 1
Warrant Officer 1
Chief Petty Officer 6 3 2 3 1
Petty Officer 3 1 2 5 1
Leading Hand1 5 3 8 3 6 1
Junior rate 12 8 17 4 24 4
Sergeant RM 1
Corporal RM 2 1
Marine 1
Female
Lieutenant 1 1
Leading Hand 1 1
Junior rate 1 2 4 3 2 1
1 Although nine Leading Hands were tried by court-martial in 2000, the trial of one was dissolved without reaching a finding.
Army
2000 2001 2002
Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty
Male
Lt Colonel
Major 2 1 1 2 2
Captain 2 1 1 2
Lieutenant 1
Warrant Officer 1 1 1 2
Warrant Officer 2 2 2 3 1 4 1
S Sergeant 4 2 12 4 6 1
Sergeant 10 2 11 4 11 4
Corporal 14 4 29 21 15 4
L Corporal 18 5 26 10 28 5
Private 187 15 231 25 220 10
Civilian 2 1 1
Female
Corporal 1 2 1
L Corporal 3 1
Private 4 2 3 1 1
RAF
2000 2001 2002
Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty Guilty Not guilty
Male
Sqn Leader 1 1
Flt Lt 3 2 4 1 1
Fg Offr 1
Plt Offr 1 1
WO
Flt Sgt 1 2
Chf Tech
Sergeant 3 3 2 2 1
Corporal 10 0 33 1 3
Jnr Tech 1 2 5 2 1 2
SAC 21 10 28 9 16 13
LAC 1 1 2 2
AC 2 2 1 3
Male Female
Year RN Army RAF RN Army RAF
2000 9 months1 1 year 9 months 9 months2 140 days Nil
2001 9 months 1 year 2 months 29 days 1 year 90 days 112 days Nil
2002 9 months 1 year 2 months 9 months 28 days 42 days 1 12 days
1 Subsequently reduced to six months.
2 Suspended.