United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 48288
Armed Forces: Sexuality
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12 October 2016
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17 October 2016 · Answer
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Defence
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17 October 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were dishonourably discharged on the grounds of their sexual orientation from the (a) Royal Navy excluding the Royal Marines, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force in each
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12 October 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were dishonourably discharged on the grounds of their sexual orientation from the (a) Royal Navy excluding the Royal Marines, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force in each
Source: Commons
17 October 2016
Answer
The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Dishonourable discharge is not a term used by the UK Armed Forces. In order to positively identify those discharges which were definitely related to sexual orientation, the Ministr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-10-12/48288
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/600590
- uk · wq-600590 · source updated 17 October 2016