United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 221064
Armed Forces: Drugs
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16 January 2015
Last action
23 February 2015 · Answer
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Defence
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23 February 2015
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people serving in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Army were convicted of (i) possession of and (ii) supplying illegal drugs in each of the last five years.
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16 January 2015
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people serving in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Army were convicted of (i) possession of and (ii) supplying illegal drugs in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
23 February 2015
Answer
Drug use is unacceptable in the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence has a policy of Compulsory Drug Testing which seeks to reinforce that message. Providing a positive result, indicating the presence of illegal drugs, will almost certainly result in ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2015-01-16/221064
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/174172
- uk · wq-174172 · source updated 23 February 2015