United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 125223
Armed Forces: Homosexuality
Introduced
17 January 2023
Last action
25 January 2023 · Answer
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Answered
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Defence
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25 January 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans had their records relating to disciplinary action due to homosexuality in the Armed Forces destroyed in 2010.
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17 January 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans had their records relating to disciplinary action due to homosexuality in the Armed Forces destroyed in 2010.
Source: Commons
25 January 2023
Answer
The historic policy prohibiting homosexuality in the armed forces was wrong and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) deeply regrets LGBT+ members serving in Defence suffered injustice as a consequence. The LGBT Veterans Independent Review (IR), co-commissioned b...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-17/125223
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1567796
- uk · wq-1567796 · source updated 25 January 2023