The Ministry of Defence has paid out ￡12million in compensation to dozens of victims of sex attacks by members of the armed forces.

       Newly released figures for the past six years showed payments of ￡8.7million to 125 civilians raped or assaulted. Another ￡3.3million went to 33 servicewomen or men raped or attacked by fellow personnel during the same period.

       It comes after a coroner last week ruled Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, took her own life after, “on the balance of probabilities” she was sexually assaulted by her superior, Battery Sergeant Major Michael Webber, at a work social.

       The teenager was found hanged in her barracks at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on December 15, 2021, after a Christmas party.

       Assistant Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg ruled she died by suicide and determined the Army’s handling of the complaint she had filed played “more than a minimal contributory part in her death”.

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       The Army said it “accepts the failings identified by the service inquiry”.

       The official records revealed the MoD has dealt with a slew of harassment, sexual assault and rape claims in recent years.

       These involved personnel from the RAF’s Red Arrows, the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and the Army’s prestigious Sandhurst officer training college.

       In September last year officials paid compensation to a female former soldier who claimed she was raped by a colleague while a teenager and then groomed into a sexual relationship with an officer who was assigned to look after her welfare.

       The woman, now 22, said the events left her so emotionally scarred she started to self-harm and had made a number of suicide attempts.

       She claimed the MoD allowed a culture of inappropriate sexual behaviour at the barracks where she was stationed in Gibraltar.

       In November 2022, a number of members of the Red Arrows were sacked following an investigation into its toxic culture.

       An inquiry heard female recruits were considered “fresh meat” and members of the 130-strong squadron would “pester” the women with WhatsApp messages.

       The Royal Navy launched an investigation into claims of bullying, misogyny and sexual harassment against women within the Submarine Service in 2022.

       Allegations included submariners compiling a “rape list” in which women were ranked in the order they should be attacked in the event of a catastrophe.

       There were also claims of submariners harassing women for sex, leaving pornographic images out for them to see and sniffing women’s washing.

       Sophie Brook, a former lieutenant in the Navy, said the fleet was “no place for women” and claimed she was assaulted as she slept by a senior colleague.

       In 2022, Salute Her UK, a charity for female military personnel who have experienced assault and rape, called on Army chiefs to confront predatory sexual behaviour at Sandhurst. It says nearly 200 women have sought help after suffering abuse while training at the elite academy, which began admitting women in 1984.

       Victims alleged a “toxic culture” of fear and harassment allowed sexual predators to operate freely at Sandhurst, the Army’s officer training centre, in Berkshire.

       Former Army intelligence officer Col Philip Ingram said: “The ￡12million paid in compensation by the MoD is only the tip of a large iceberg.

       “Standard MoD tactics are to deny, delay and obfuscate, putting as many barriers in place as possible in order not to pay compensation.

       “They try to wear victims down, which is what is currently happening with the victims from the Red Arrows scandal.”

       He added: “The scale of abuse and inappropriate behaviours across the MoD is shocking and is still not being dealt with, no matter what comments about unacceptability the MoD comes out with.”

       A MoD spokesperson said: “Allegations are taken extremely seriously and investigated thoroughly.

       “We have made a number of changes to ensure the protection of victims, including establishing the Victim Witness Care Unit.

       “The Service Prosecution Authority has recently undergone independent inspections, which recognised the high standard of their legal decision-making, including in cases involving serious sexual offences or domestic abuse, as well as recognising the care and support shown to victims.

       “We encourage anyone who may have been a victim or a witness to a crime to come forward so that justice can be sought.”