Question follow-through · 82729
Veterans: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the VALOUR pilot scheme in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 6 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
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the VALOUR pilot scheme in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The VALOUR pilot was launched on 26 June in partnership with Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire Combined Authorities. Work with our pilot partners to develop the VALOUR system is in progress, and I am grateful t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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