Armed Forces

Lady Hermon
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many members of the armed forces have received criminal convictions whilst serving in Northern Ireland in each of the past six years for which figures are available.

Mr. Ingram
I have been asked to reply.

The number of armed forces personnel servingin Northern Ireland who have received criminal convictions in magistrates and Crown courts in Northern Ireland in each of the past six years is set out in the following table.

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|                  |Number of convictions|
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|2001              |242                  |
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|2002              |281                  |
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|2003              |300                  |
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|2004              |282                  |
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|2005              |158                  |
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|20061             |83                   |
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|1As at 30 November|                     |
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