United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 15331
Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
Original
Introduced
9 June 2022
Last action
17 June 2022 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
17 June 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1528 on Armed Forces: LGBT+ People, for what reason his Department does not recognise the terms (a) military sexual assault and (b) military sexual trauma.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
9 June 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1528 on Armed Forces: LGBT+ People, for what reason his Department does not recognise the terms (a) military sexual assault and (b) military sexual trauma.
Source: Commons
17 June 2022
Answer
The terms "military sexual assault" and "military sexual trauma" are not recognised as legal concepts, nor as medical conditions or a clinical diagnosis, in the United Kingdom. They are labels which identify the context in which a sexual assault or trauma...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Ministry of Defence · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-09/15331
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1468905
- uk · wq-1468905 · source updated 17 June 2022