Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 8162
Veterans: LGBT+ People
Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford 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 CarnsDue 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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