Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for the restoration of honours or medals have been received since February 2021; and how many have been granted in each year since then.

Since 2021, the Ministry of Defence has received 24 applications for the restoration of medals from, or on behalf of, LGBT Veterans who had forfeited medals. Nine of these cases were found to be eligible for restoration, usually qualifying under the Government’s disregard process for convictions for decriminalised sexual offences (consensual gay sex).

The annual breakdown of applications received, and of those approved, is:

• 2021: 11 requests with two successful.
• 2022: Three requests with none successful.
• 2023: Three requests with one successful.
• 2024: Four requests with three successful.
• 2025 (to date): Three requests, all of which have been successful.