Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33145 on Armed Forces: Sexual Offences, how many of those incidents occurred (a) before and (b) after the implementation of the zero tolerance policy toward inappropriate sexual conduct.

To provide an answer at this point would breach the Pre-Release Order for the Official Statistic ‘Murder, Manslaughter and Sexual offences in the Service Justice System’. The latest edition covers 2023 and the next edition covering 2024 is scheduled for release in April 2025. The collection of statistics can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sexual-offences-in-the-service-justice-system#editions.

I will write to the hon. Member in due course, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.