Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) former members of HM Forces (i) faced prosecution and (ii) were convicted for offences that took place while serving on Operation Banner.

The requested information is not held by the Ministry of Defence. Operation Banner was the operational name for the deployment of British Armed Forces in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles from 1969 to 2007, predating both the establishment of the Service Prosecuting Authority and the Military Court Service. Prior to their establishment, prosecutions were the responsibility of either the single Services or the civilian justice system, depending on the nature and location of the alleged offence, and surviving records are neither complete nor held centrally.