Question follow-through · 64374
Veterans First Point: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the withdraw funding for Veterans First Point Lothian.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
1 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the withdraw funding for Veterans First Point Lothian.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
I engage regularly with the Scottish Government and with the Scottish Veterans' Commissioner on issues affecting veterans who live in Scotland. Health is a devolved matter, so it is for the Scottish Government to decide on funding allocations.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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