United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3460
Armed Forces: Discharges
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17 May 2022
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25 May 2022 · Answer
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Defence
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25 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were dishonourably discharged between 1980 and 2000 because of their sexual orientation.
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17 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were dishonourably discharged between 1980 and 2000 because of their sexual orientation.
Source: Commons
25 May 2022
Answer
The Ministry of Defence and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs within the Cabinet Office are jointly commissioning an independent review to better understand the impacts and implications of the pre 2000 ban on homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces. The re...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-17/3460
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1463611
- uk · wq-1463611 · source updated 25 May 2022