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Division Vote (Commons)
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 268 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 272
Division Vote (Commons)
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 260 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 17 Noes - 268
Division Vote (Commons)
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 272 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 275
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 May 2024
Ukraine and Georgia

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View all Sarah Atherton (Con - Wrexham) contributions to the debate on: Ukraine and Georgia
Division Vote (Commons)
13 May 2024 - Risk-based Exclusion - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 165 Conservative No votes vs 8 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 169
Written Question
Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences
Thursday 9th May 2024

Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of charges of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences against people working at the Army Foundation College that were brought to trial at court-martial resulted in conviction in each of the last five years.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

The tables below show the number and proportion of charges at Court Martial of rape and other sexual offences involving people working at Army Foundation College Harrogate which resulted in a conviction.

Rape

Number of Convictions

% of Convictions

2019 (7 May onwards)

0

0

2020

0

0

2021

0

0

2022

0

0

2023

1

100%

2024 (to 7 May)

0

0

Other Sexual Offences

Number of Convictions

% of Convictions

2019 (7 May onwards)

0

0

2020

0

0

2021

0

0

2022

0

0

2023

2

16.7%

2024 (to 7 May)

2

100%

Caveats:

1. JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations and therefore, data can be subject to change.

2. These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.

3. The data represents the number of charges; it may be that more than one charge has been brought against the same person.

4. Table two shows the number of other sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or its historical equivalent.

5. People working at AFC Harrogate does not include recruits.

6. The % columns detail the proportion of convictions in relation to charges at Court Martial.


Written Question
Army Foundation College: Staff
Thursday 9th May 2024

Asked by: Sarah Atherton (Conservative - Wrexham)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the Army Foundation College were found to have started (a) intimate and (b) otherwise inappropriate relationships with recruits in each year since 2014.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

Sexual relationships between instructors and trainees have no place in Defence, or wider society, and the MOD’s zero tolerance approach ensures our commitment to providing a better working environment for our Serving personnel is met.

Fewer than ten staff at Army Foundation College Harrogate were found to have had inappropriate relationships with recruits since 2014. Due to the very small number, this will not be broken down further.

  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest ten. Rounding is used to preserve anonymity.
  2. JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations and therefore data can be subject to change.
  3. These figures are single Service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
  4. There is no defined criteria for ‘intimate relationships’ or for ‘otherwise inappropriate relationships’. The figure above is based on a search for cases where there was found to have been an abuse of a position of trust at AFC Harrogate which had a sexual nature to it.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2024
Oral Answers to Questions

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View all Sarah Atherton (Con - Wrexham) contributions to the debate on: Oral Answers to Questions
Division Vote (Commons)
8 May 2024 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 272 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 276
Division Vote (Commons)
8 May 2024 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Sarah Atherton (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 260 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 269