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1525006

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on phase two of the roll-out of veterans ID cards.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	68602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Phase one of the Veterans' Recognition Scheme is complete, with Service leavers receiving a HM Armed Forces Veterans' Recognition Card as part of the discharge process; since December 2018, over 56,000 such Cards have been issued to Service leavers. Phase two will extend the scheme to existing veterans so they can more quickly, easily, and securely prove they served in the UK Armed Forces.</p><p>As announced during Armed Forces week, more than £1 million in new money is being invested into a new digital service for veterans. This will make it easier and quicker to demonstrate military service in order to access a range of Government and charity services and will in turn help ensure that Recognition Cards are given only to those with verified service. The Government remains committed to delivering Veterans' Recognition Cards and will advise of a timescale for final delivery when this work is complete.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 31/10/2022 17:44:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1537495

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the application process for Veteran's ID cards for those who left the armed forces prior to 2018 will be introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	74715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 October 2022 to Question 68602 to the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/11/2022 15:27:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 68602.docx title Veterans: Identity Cards
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1538585

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Veterans' ID card scheme for (a) those who left the Armed Forces before 2018 and (b) other veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Tamworth
	tabling member printed	Christopher Pincher
	uin	77403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Veterans’ Recognition Scheme has a two-phase rollout. Phase one is complete, with Service leavers receiving a HM Armed Forces Veterans’ Recognition Card as part of the discharge process since December 2018. Phase two will extend the scheme to existing veterans so they can more quickly, easily and securely prove they served in the UK Armed Forces. The Government remains committed to delivering Veterans’ Recognition Cards and will advise of a timescale for the final delivery of phase two when this work is complete</p><p><br> The ID card is just one way to recognise veterans for their service to the UK. The further roll-out of cards will also help services and charities confirm veteran status quickly and effectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence is confident that the ID cards supplied to veterans effectively fulfil their purpose. In order to measure their effectiveness, the Office for Veterans’ Affairs are conducting a ‘Veteran ID Card Use and Experience’ survey which was launched in October, the results of which will be published in due course. <br></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 10/11/2022 16:51:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher

1539300

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May to Question 815 on Veterans: Identity Cards, what progress his Department has made on delivery of Veterans’ Recognition Cards.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	78753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 October 2022 to Question 68602 to the hon. Member for Warrington North (Ms Nichols).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/11/2022 17:22:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 68602.docx title Veterans: Identity Cards
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1541503

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 31 October 2022 to Question 68602, on Veterans: Identity Cards, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of HM Armed Forces Veterans' Recognition Cards distributed by local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	84802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Members Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/11/2022 17:06:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1543585

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Veterans ID cards help veterans with the cost of living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	90746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Veterans Recognition Card provides a memento of Service and maintains a tangible link to the Armed Forces. It is also one of the ways that veterans can verify their service to help access public and charitable sector services and support, but possession of a card is not a prerequisite to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans are civilians and are entitled to the same cost of living support offered by the National, Local, and Devolved Governments wherever they reside, in common with the general population. This includes the Energy Price Guarantee, Cost of Living payments, and Council Tax rebate as applicable to their location and personal circumstances. Veterans may also receive financial support targeted at them as a distinct group from their Regimental Associations or Service Benevolent Funds, and additional support is also available from the wider Armed Forces charitable sector.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of support provided by the Ministry of Defence, Veterans UK has processed Disability Cost of Living payments for eligible veterans whose only government-paid income is from a War Disablement Pension. It also provides, through its Veterans’ Welfare Service, one-to-one welfare support and advice to veterans or anyone supporting a veteran, their families and dependants: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fveterans-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMatthew.Aves243%40mod.gov.uk%7C6186bdb2007e460a13d208dacc9cc113%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638047270861795064%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EAe3TJ1wKZzOa7sDtFsLXImG2vut4CAdaGsigWHX3ws%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterans-uk</a>. Any veteran struggling with their finances should contact Veterans UK in the first instance, who can then advise on appropriate avenues of support.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2022 16:51:03 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1549011

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 68602 on Veterans: Identity Cards, if he will set out the number of veterans ID cards distributed by region.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	104132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The attached table details the breakdown of Veterans ID cards issued upon discharge, within each local authority since its creation in December 2018. Please note that a tilde ~ represents less than five people.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/12/2022 12:09:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20221207- PQN_22-23_2022_14591 (104132)- Healey- Supporting table.xlsx title Distribution of regional veterans ID cards
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1583359

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2022 to Question 104132 on Veterans: Identity Cards, how many Veterans ID cards have been distributed by local authority as of 1 February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	138281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the right hon. Members Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/02/2023 10:59:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1583360

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the roll-out of Veterans ID cards to all UK veterans will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	138282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Veterans’ Recognition Scheme, also referred to as the Veterans’ ID card, has a two-phase rollout. Phase one is complete, with Service leavers from 2018 onwards receiving a recognition card as part of the discharge process. Phase two aims to extend the scheme to existing veterans. Work on determining how best to achieve this, working with veterans and other stakeholders, is underway at pace and has included the testing of secure, digital verification of veterans’ status. We remain on track to deliver phase two during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The pace of the phase one roll-out is set by the number of personnel leaving the services each month. The pace of the phase two roll-out, once launched, will be determined by the number of applications received from veterans who have already left service.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/02/2023 11:00:06 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1589165

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 78753 on Veterans: Identity Cards, what progress his Department has made on the (a) new digital service for veterans and (b) delivery of Veterans’ Recognition Cards.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	152251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering recognition cards to existing veterans. Work is underway to develop the verification system required in order to begin the second phase of the card rollout to those who left service before December 2018. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs has led this work through the initial development phases and the Ministry of Defence has now taken responsibility for the next stage which will further develop and test the service, including with a small community of veterans. We will be engaging with veterans over the coming months to participate in this testing phase.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/03/2023 13:23:31 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders