Question follow-through · 59264
LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Turkey: Typhoon Aircraft · 24 Jun 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
As of 9 June 2025, the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme (FRS) had distributed £2.2 million in payments, prioritising elderly applicants and those with serious health conditions to ensure timely support for those most in need. The first payments were issu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Turkey: Typhoon Aircraft
24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his German counterpart on the sale of 36 Eurofighters to Turkey.
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tender process for the New Medium Helicopters to replace the Puma fleet.
War Pensions: Applications
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) median processing times were for (i) initial claims and (ii) deterioration claims under the War Pension Scheme in each of the last three financial years; and what steps the Department