Defence written question – answered at on 20 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many allegations of rape have been reported to the Ministry of Defence Police in each year since 2000.
Allegations of rape may have been reported to the service police or to civil police. Allegations reported to the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) are shown in the following table:
Rape | |
2000 | 13 |
2001 | 29 |
2002 | 31 |
2003 | 18 |
2004 | 16 |
2005 | 20 |
2006 | 16 |
2007 | 24 |
2008 | 14 |
2009 | (1)9 |
2010 | (1)6 |
2011 | (1)1 |
2012 | (1)2 |
(1) In accordance with the Home Office National Crime Recording Standard, the MDP (and other forces) are mandated to record crime reported to them. Since 2009, any allegations of rape in England and Wales received by the MDP have been referred to either the service police or to the local civil police for investigation. Similar arrangements also exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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