Question follow-through · 52305
Armed Forces Covenant: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement her Department has had with local authorities on compliance with their Covenant Legal Duty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement her Department has had with local authorities on compliance with their Covenant Legal Duty.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon Member to my letter of 4 April 2025 to the Defence Committee on this subject. I will also share a copy of the letter with his office.As lead department for the Covenant, the Ministry of Defence also engages regularly with local authorities...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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