Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 17547

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

Tabled: 9 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of representations from veterans who remain ineligible for elements of the restorative measures, including those dismissed before 1967 and those wh

Answer

Mr Calvin Bailey

The LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme (FRS) focuses on providing recognition for the harm caused by the policy Defence upheld from 1967 to 2000, when homosexuality was decriminalised in criminal law. Whilst this approach was recommended by Lord Etherton i...

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