Question follow-through · 126221
Office for Veterans’ Affairs: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of moving the headquarters of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to an English county outside of Greater London.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Armed Forces Commissioner: Staff · 18 May 2026
- Ministry of Defence: UK Soft Power Council · 1 Jun 2026
- Commonwealth: Defence · 8 Jun 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Commonwealth · 3 Jul 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Northern Ireland · 28 Aug 2026
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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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of moving the headquarters of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to an English county outside of Greater London.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) staff are principally based in both London and York, along with some additional locations. With the roll out of VALOUR Field Officers, there will be OVA representation across the UK by the end of 2026.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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