§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many appeals have been lodged by soldiers with the Army Board in the last two years; and of those, how many have resulted in a successful outcome for the appellant.
§ Mr. LeeA total of 30 appeals against the findings of courts martial under section 8(2) of the Courts Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 and 46 applications for redress of 387W complaints under the Army Act 1955, sections 180 and 181, lodged by officers and soldiers reached the Army Board in the last two years. Their outcome is as follows:
Upheld Denied Sentence mitigated/ Partially upheld Appeals against CM 4 17 9 Redress of complaint 8 21 17 I should stress that only those redress of complaint cases that are not upheld by the intervening authorities reach the Army Board.