Question follow-through · 126811

Armed Forces: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Heading 9 entitled Court Martial Results for Indecent Images of Children in the Official Statistics entitled Murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the Service Justice Syste

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 13 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 15 Apr 2026
Answer: 21 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Heading 9 entitled Court Martial Results for Indecent Images of Children in the Official Statistics entitled Murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and domestic abuse in the Service Justice Syste
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The information the hon. Member has requested has been grouped together by defendant, as follows: Sentence of Defendant 1Charge 1: Dismissed from His Majesty's Service, 14 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years with a requirement to undertake 240 ho...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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