Question follow-through · 73746

Veterans: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) assessing the adequacy and (b) improving the availability of single occupancy for veterans.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 1 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 3 Sept 2025
Answer: 9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) assessing the adequacy and (b) improving the availability of single occupancy for veterans.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans have access to the support they need, including with regards to their housing. As the Minister for Veterans and People, I regularly attend the Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleepin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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