§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many boards of inquiry into deaths of military personnel have been established in each year since 1990. [142115]
§ Mr. IngramNot all military deaths are subject to boards of inquiry. However, details of military deaths investigated by boards of inquiry or other investigations are as follows:
Royal Navy Army1 RAF2 1990 8 74 15 1991 11 104 9 1992 4 73 9 1993 10 61 8 1994 4 60 11 1995 6 66 11 1996 6 45 8 1997 10 35 4 1998 6 50 7 1999 5 45 6 2000 5 49 3 2001 5 42 4 2002 8 44 3 Total 88 748 98 1 Includes road accidents on duty and hostile action (not normally subject to Service investigation). 2 Includes Army, USAF and Italian military personnel killed in RAF aircraft accidents.