Question follow-through · 50967

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release of 5 May 2025 entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, how many regional field officers will be deployed.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Target answer date: 12 May 2025
Answer: 13 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release of 5 May 2025 entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, how many regional field officers will be deployed.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 May to Questions 50185, 50186, 50187, 50189, 50190, and 50191 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge), and Question 50424 to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr Jopp).

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