{"value":{"id":78057,"askingMemberId":401,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-07-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-07-17T00:00:00","uin":"205902","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process the civilian police must follow when attempting to arrest, summons or charge a serving member of the armed forces in connection with indictable offences.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1528,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-07-29T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>If a member of the UK Armed Forces is arrested and detained in police custody for a recordable offence, the custody sergeant is responsible for notifying the circumstances of arrest, detention and offence to the relevant service authorities. <br><br>Civilian criminal courts and service tribunals have concurrent jurisdiction to deal with accused persons who are subject to military law. The decision on which jurisdiction prosecutes a person subject to military law is a matter of consultation between all police agencies involved in the investigation in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service and Service Prosecutions Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Armed Forces: Arrests","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/78057","method":"GET"}]}