HC Deb 14 June 1999 vol 333 c60W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the number of former members of the armed forces in Her Majesty's prisons and into the possibility of a relationship between crimes of violence and active service; and if he will make a statement. [85663]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is not available. There has been no research into the number of prisoners who have served in the armed forces and the possibility of a relationship between crimes of violence and active service.