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Emily Thornberry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.

Anna Soubry

The information requested is shown in the tables below:

Referrals to the Service Prosecuting Authority 2010 2011 2012
Rape (Including attempted rape) 1 6 9
Sexual Assault 25 30 12
Domestic Violence 8 7 5

Prosecutions (directions) by the Service Prosecuting Authority

2010 2011 2012
Rape (Including attempted rape) 1 3 2
Sexual Assault 13 15 9
Domestic Violence 2 4 4

In any given year the Service Prosecuting Authority will receive referrals which are then directed, disposed of, or tried in the following year, meaning there is no direct correlation between the numbers of cases referred and directed in any one year.