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<p>The UK is recognized as a world leader on LGBT rights. Sexual orientation is one
of the nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010, for which the Government
Equalities Office (GEO) within DfID is the Government’s lead department. A wide range
of government departments have spending in support of LGBT rights. For instance, in
2015, GEO ran a £2.0 million pilot fund to test approaches to effectively tackle homophobic,
biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools. Following the evaluation of the
pilot, the Government is now providing £4.0 million worth of funds from 2016 to 2020
to tackle HBT bullying in schools. However, the information requested on broader funding
allocations is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>
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