Ruth Cadbury MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Veterans: LGBT+ PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were court-martialled due to their sexuality in the most recent period for which data is available prior to 2001.
Answer: Due to the broad range of offences applied to same-sex sexual acts and the record keeping practices prior to 2000, there is no way of conducting a search for data on sexuality based convictions. Court martials were held on a single Service basis until 200...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: LGBT+ PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of compensation available to LGBT veterans following the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, published in May 2023.
Answer: The Government acknowledges the historic policy prohibiting homosexuality in the Armed Forces was regrettable, wrong and completely unacceptable. The treatment of LGBT Serving personnel between 1967 and 2000 was wholly unacceptable and does not reflect to...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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