Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191383 on Veterans: LGBT+ People, when he plans to publish the findings of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

The Office for Veterans’ Affairs and Ministry of Defence jointly commissioned an independent review to better understand the impacts and implications of the pre-2000 policy relating to LGBT people serving in HM Armed Forces.

Lord Etherton has concluded this work and submitted his report to the Government.

We are carefully considering the findings and, in line with the review’s terms of reference, shall publish the report and an initial Government response in due course.