Homosexuality

HC Deb 16 July 1997 vol 298 c237W

Mr. Keith Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel have been administratively discharged in each year since 1990 for reasons of homosexuality or lesbianism. [7830]

Dr. Reid

The number of Armed Forces personnel who have been administratively discharged each year since 1990 is as follows:

	Male	Female	Total
1990	39	26	65
1991	23	19	42
1992	30	23	53
1993	32	21	53
1994	29	21	50
1995	53	9	62
1996	43	22	65
19971	20	7	27
Total			417
1 Figures as at 30 June 1997.