HC Deb 22 July 1997 vol 298 c529W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons were court-martialled in each year since 1990. [9884]

Dr. Reid

The number of persons court-martialled in each year since 1990 is set out in the table:

Year RN Army RAF Total
1990 38 917 145 1,100 (989)
1991 50 718 153 921 (884)
1992 82 763 149 994 (892)
1993 115 677 128 919 (774)
1994 113 600 91 804 (676)
1995 111 430 104 645 (515)

The figures shown are the latest we have available to date and represent the total number of service personnel tried by court-martial within that period. The figures in brackets show the number of persons actually convicted of one or more offences.