To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons were court-martialled in each year since 1990. [9884]

The number of persons court-martialled in each year since 1990 is set out in the table:

Year	RN	Army	RAF	Total
1990	38	917	145	1,100 (989)
1991	50	718	153	921 (884)
1992	82	763	149	994 (892)
1993	115	677	128	919 (774)
1994	113	600	91	804 (676)
1995	111	430	104	645 (515)

The figures shown are the latest we have available to date and represent the total number of service personnel tried by court-martial within that period. The figures in brackets show the number of persons actually convicted of one or more offences.