Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the gathering of forensic evidence for victims of rape and sexual assault in the UK Armed Forces.

In-line with nationally recognised best practice, victims of sexual offences are taken to Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) for the collection of forensic evidence. Service Police undertake specialist forensic training at civilian police facilities, and improvements introduced by civilian counterparts are adopted by Service Justice System.