The British military has paid out just under £20m to victims of sexual misconduct, abuse and harassment over the past ten years, openDemocracy can reveal.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) spent £11.9m of taxpayer money compensating victims and survivors of sexual misconduct and a further £8.4m on their legal costs between 2014 and 2024, according to data obtained through Freedom of Information requests.
Sexual misconduct may include inappropriate comments, inappropriate touching, sexual harassment, sexual assault, indecent exposure, and rape. In some cases, compensation will have been awarded at employment tribunals that ran alongside criminal court cases.
