Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sexual harassment awareness training for armed forces personnel in each of the last five years.

The Ministry of Defence’s position is very clear that no-one should be made to feel unsafe in our Armed Forces and unacceptable behaviour is not tolerated. We are committed to stamping this out and we continue to encourage anyone who has experienced or witnessed this kind of sexual harassment, to report it immediately.

The Armed Forces do not have a dedicated sexual harassment awareness training package; instead, this is incorporated into other training modules which are mandated for all military staff. As such, it is not possible to break this down into a separate cost.