Question follow-through · 100073
Veterans: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans are currently in temporary accommodation or rough sleeping; and what progress has been made against government targets to reduce this.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Cadets · 16 Dec 2025
- USA: Military Bases · 6 Jan 2026
- Global Combat Air Programme · 26 Jan 2026
- Defence: Procurement · 2 Feb 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Economic Crime · 3 Feb 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans are currently in temporary accommodation or rough sleeping; and what progress has been made against government targets to reduce this.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
There are a number of measures and metrics used to capture veteran homelessness and rough sleeping, including metrics on temporary accommodation. However, it is important to note that none of these will capture every single case and with the transient nat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Defence: Economic Crime
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to set a department-wide strategy to bring down the Ministry of Defence's financial losses due to fraud and economic crime.
Ministry of Defence: Fraud
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to give a single senior official authority over different parts of the Ministry of Defence responsible for combating financial losses due to fraud.
Ministry of Defence: Economic Crime
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to publish a detailed breakdown of the Ministry of Defence's financial losses due to fraud and economic crime.
Armed Forces: Housing
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his department has made on the Pillar 1 recommendations of the Defence Housing Strategy.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to trace potential beneficiaries of unclaimed Armed Forces pensions via National Insurance numbers.
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24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to effectively deliver Ministry of Defence procurement programmes designated with a Red rating for its Delivery Confidence Assessment during financial year 2024/5.
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18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to enhance drone manufacturing capacity in the UK.