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Armed Forces: Prosecutions

Volume 460: debated on Friday 18 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the outcome was of each case in which proceedings are no longer ongoing which was passed by the Army Prosecuting Authority back to the armed forces to consider what action needs to be taken since 2003. (136693)

The number of referrals to the Army Prosecuting Authority which either were not directed for trial by court martial, or having been directed were discontinued before trial is as follows:

Number of cases

2003

1102

2004

214

2005

301

2006

354

2007

2101

1 The records for the Army Prosecuting Authority (Germany) are incomplete for 2003 and are recorded from September 2003 onwards.

2 Up to 30 April 2007

Information on what action has been taken by a regiment/corps with these cases is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.