Armed Forces: Libya

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 22 December 2023.

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Photo of Karl McCartney Karl McCartney Conservative, Lincoln

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Libyan armed forces personnel trained at Bassingbourn barracks in 2014 were convicted of crimes; and what those crimes were.

Photo of Gareth Bacon Gareth Bacon The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions for criminal offences, however to identify offenders that were ‘Libyan armed forces personnel trained at Bassingbourn barracks’ would require examination of individual court records, which would be of disproportionate costs.

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