Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which specialist sexual violence organisations his Department consulted as part of the development of its (a) Zero Tolerance to Unacceptable Sexual Behaviour policy: A Victim/Survivor Focused Approach, (b) zero tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse policy and (c) Strategy for Tackling Sexual Offending in Defence.

The Ministry of Defence consulted a number of organisations in the development of its policies and strategy, including Service Women's Networks and the Victims Commissioner who is also a permanent member of the Service Justice Board and is represented on the Service Justice Executive Group. Others consulted in the development of the Strategy for Tackling Sexual Offending in Defence included the Survivors Trust, the National Association of People Abused in Childhood and the Male Survivors Partnership.