Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the Army Foundation College were found to have started (a) intimate and (b) otherwise inappropriate relationships with recruits in each year since 2014.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Sexual relationships between instructors and trainees have no place in Defence, or wider society, and the MOD’s zero tolerance approach ensures our commitment to providing a better working environment for our Serving personnel is met.
Fewer than ten staff at Army Foundation College Harrogate were found to have had inappropriate relationships with recruits since 2014. Due to the very small number, this will not be broken down further.
Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of charges of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences against people working at the Army Foundation College that were brought to trial at court-martial resulted in conviction in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The tables below show the number and proportion of charges at Court Martial of rape and other sexual offences involving people working at Army Foundation College Harrogate which resulted in a conviction.
Rape
| Number of Convictions | % of Convictions |
2019 (7 May onwards) | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 100% |
2024 (to 7 May) | 0 | 0 |
Other Sexual Offences
| Number of Convictions | % of Convictions |
2019 (7 May onwards) | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 16.7% |
2024 (to 7 May) | 2 | 100% |
Caveats:
1. JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations and therefore, data can be subject to change.
2. These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
3. The data represents the number of charges; it may be that more than one charge has been brought against the same person.
4. Table two shows the number of other sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or its historical equivalent.
5. People working at AFC Harrogate does not include recruits.
6. The % columns detail the proportion of convictions in relation to charges at Court Martial.
Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel were waiting for dental treatment as of 1 May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As of 1 December 2023, which is the latest available data, 17,221 UK Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 2 and 12,283 were categorised as NATO Category 3, meaning that they require either preventative or interventive treatment to achieve optimal dental fitness. A further 21,699 UK Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 4, meaning that they require a periodic dental examination, have an undetermined dental status, or have missing or incomplete dental records.