Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of sharing records of convicted perpetrators of military sexual assault with civilian police upon discharge from the Armed Forces.

It is already the case that civilian police forces have access to this information. Any offence for which there has been a conviction will be recorded on the Police National Computer, which is visible to both the Service Police and civilian police forces. Any persons who have been placed on the Violent and Sexual Offences Register (ViSOR) will be visible to both the Service Police and civilian police and will be managed through the civilian police's Offender Management Teams. Work is ongoing to improve the day-to-day data sharing between the civilian police and Service Police.