Military Corrective Training Centre

HC Deb 23 February 1999 vol 326 c251W

Mr. Dawson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of detainees at the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester are held for offences covered only by military law with no civilian equivalent. [72614]

Mr. Doug Henderson

Of the 114 detainees held at the Military Corrective Training Centre on 19 February 1999, 55 (48.25 per cent.) were being held for offences covered only by military law, such as absence without leave, desertion, and disobeying a lawful command.