LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme
Commons · Question 17547 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Calvin Bailey, 17 Jul 2026
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...