Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 13 June 2023.
Crispin Blunt
Conservative, Reigate
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the deletion in 2010 of disciplinary records relating to the ban on homosexuality will not adversely affect eligibility for any future compensation scheme.
Andrew Murrison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Defence and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs jointly commissioned an independent review into the service and experience of LGBT veterans who served in the Armed Forces between 1967 and 2000. The review underlines Defence’s unwavering commitment to understanding how best to support its veteran and LGBT community.
The questions of financial compensation and other corrective and restorative measures were included in the scope of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.
Defence is grateful to Lord Etherton for his work on this important review. We deeply regret the past treatment of LGBT personnel in the Armed Forces and thank those that have come forward. The Government is considering the recommendations of the review and will respond in due course.
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