United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1529
Armed Forces: LGBT+ People
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13 May 2022
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23 May 2022 · Answer
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Defence
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23 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many LGBTQ+ people were serving in the armed forces in each of the last 10 years.
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13 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many LGBTQ+ people were serving in the armed forces in each of the last 10 years.
Source: Commons
23 May 2022
Answer
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold accurate figures for the number of serving LGBTQ+ people. While sexual orientation is recorded on the MOD's Joint Personnel Administration system, this data is reliant on self-declaration by individuals, and dec...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-13/1529
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1462845
- uk · wq-1462845 · source updated 23 May 2022