Question follow-through · 53138

Veterans: Identity Cards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the introduction of the Digital Veteran Card.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 19 May 2025
Target answer date: 21 May 2025
Answer: 28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the introduction of the Digital Veteran Card.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
The digital HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is scheduled for release by the end of summer 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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