Question follow-through · 84402
Veterans: Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans to access (a) housing, (b) healthcare services and (c) employment support in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 7 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
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans to access (a) housing, (b) healthcare services and (c) employment support in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government is fully committed to ensuring that all veterans, including those living in Runcorn and Helsby, have easy access to support in these essential areas, when and where it is needed. For housing support in England, Op FORTITUDE is the support ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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