Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in each case in which a (a) member or (b) veteran of the armed forces has been charged for a crime which allegedly took place during an overseas operation over the last 20 years, what length of time passed between the alleged criminal act and charges filed.

As this data is not held centrally it is taking some time to compile, and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.