Armed Forces: Drugs
(asked on 31st October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Army were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
The table sets out the information requested in respect of the British Army.
Year | Number of British Army personnel dismissed for drug-related offences? | Number of British Army personnel dismissed for possession or use of cannabis? |
2012 | 6 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 0 |
2014 (as at 31 Oct) | 3 | 1 |
The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drugs test failures are not included.