Question follow-through · 50187

Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 May 2025 on Veterans Support, HCWS619, what impact will VALOUR have on Veterans’ Advisory and Pensions Committees.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 6 May 2025
Target answer date: 8 May 2025
Answer: 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 May 2025 on Veterans Support, HCWS619, what impact will VALOUR have on Veterans’ Advisory and Pensions Committees.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
VALOUR is a new commitment to establish the first-ever UK-wide approach to veteran support. A new VALOUR HQ within the Ministry of Defence, a network of field officers, regional VALOUR-recognised support centres, and development funding to support local d...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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