Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.

The information requested in respect of the Naval Service is provided in the table:

The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drug test failures are not included.