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Veterans: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require relevant public bodies to ask people whether they (a) are veterans and (b) have veterans in their immediate family for the purpose of ensuring that those p

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
9 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require relevant public bodies to ask people whether they (a) are veterans and (b) have veterans in their immediate family for the purpose of ensuring that those p

  2. 9 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This new Government is committed to putting the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law as part of our drive to renew the nation’s contract with those who serve and who have served, and their families. We will work across Government to strengthen delivery of...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nuclear Weapons

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will take steps to reduce reliance on the US for the (a) testing, (b) maintenance, and (c) replacement of missiles.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nuclear Weapons

27 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will take steps to reduce reliance on the US for the (a) testing, (b) maintenance, and (c) replacement of missiles.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: EU Countries

4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to secure a UK-EU defence and security agreement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cybersecurity

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish an annual report on cyber resilience.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cybersecurity

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help improve cyber resilience.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of involvement in UK nuclear weapons testing programmes between 1952 and 1991 on the long-term health of veterans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated compensation scheme for UK nuclear test veterans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the policy on compensation for families of nuclear test veterans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Israel Defense Forces: Training

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israel Defence Forces personnel have received training in the UK in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces Covenant

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide adequate (a) staffing and (b) budget to implement the extension of the armed forces covenant legal duty.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Armed Forces Covenant

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of extending the armed forces covenant legal duty on resources in Government departments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Uniforms

26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his department has made of the comparative lifetime cost of (a) real bearskin caps and (b) identified synthetic alternatives.