Lord Moonie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2016-04-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many members of the armed forces were convicted by court martial or in civilian courts of sexual assault or rape in the past year.

Earl Howe

In 2015, the Courts Martial convicted 13 Service personnel of sexual assault and two personnel of rape.

The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on convictions which may have been obtained by the civilian courts.