Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 8162

Veterans: LGBT+ People

Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Ruth Cadbury

LabourBrentford and Isleworth

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

Al Carns
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...

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