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date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Zero Tolerance policy published on 30 March 2022, whether the policy of ensuring that those found guilty of sexual offences will be administratively discharged from service with no option to serve elsewhere will apply to historic charges of sexual offence.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	157405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The policy is not intended to apply retrospectively, in keeping with the general principle that policy changes are not made retrospective to ensure fairness and the integrity of decisions made under previous policies. In relation to historic cases, those individuals will have been considered for Administrative Action (including discharge) in line with the policy in place in the relevant Service at the time.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 157406 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:53:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1459163

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Zero Tolerance policy published on 30 March 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that those policy changes apply to those convicted of sexual offences historically.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	157406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The policy is not intended to apply retrospectively, in keeping with the general principle that policy changes are not made retrospective to ensure fairness and the integrity of decisions made under previous policies. In relation to historic cases, those individuals will have been considered for Administrative Action (including discharge) in line with the policy in place in the relevant Service at the time.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 157405 question first answered 27/04/2022 10:53:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows