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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	906912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>In addition to what the Government has done, for example on making life long widows’ pensions, now we need to make sure there is delivery locally, which is why by this evening I will have written to all Local Authority Chief Executives and Leaders in Great Britain. Then I will write to every Clinical Commissioning Group and Hospital Trust to make sure the National Health Service delivers on the Covenant, no disadvantage and in certain circumstances priority treatment.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2015 17:24:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

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registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase uptake of armed forces community covenants.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	216677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Every local authority in Great Britain has signed a Community Covenant. Work is now being undertaken to embed and sustain Covenant activity throughout the country to ensure that Service personnel, their families, and veterans have access to the information and support they need in their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, good early progress is already being made with implementation of the Covenant, and we will continue to engage with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the needs of the Armed Forces community are met.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/12/2014 16:12:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson