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1349333

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Government has no current means to identify UK veterans who are resident in Northern Ireland. Due to the sensitivities of the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past, many who served and now reside there do not feel safe disclosing their veteran status, and the question was not included in the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland as it was in England and Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is working with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency on alternative solutions.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1653355

	answering body	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The £20 million Veteran Housing Capital Grant Programme is designed to contribute to the Government's commitment of ending veteran homelessness across the UK, by ensuring veterans have access to good quality, affordable accommodation that meets their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for funding will be open to housing organisations supporting veterans from across the four nations, including Northern Ireland, and we expect the initial £2 million grant to be open for applications later this year.</p>
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

100680

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>No service leavers who reside in Northern Ireland have benefitted from the Scheme as Northern Ireland was classified as an overseas location.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am pleased to say that action is in hand to amend the legislation governing the Scheme to extend provision to Northern Ireland service leavers. We anticipate this coming into effect from September 2015.</p>
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

100682

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>No service leavers who reside in Northern Ireland have benefitted from the Scheme as Northern Ireland was classified as an overseas location.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am pleased to say that action is in hand to amend the legislation governing the Scheme to extend provision to Northern Ireland service leavers. We anticipate this coming into effect from September 2015.</p>
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

1126471

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to undertake a public consultation on legal protections measures for personnel deployed on operations overseas, including a statutory presumption against prosecution of current or former personnel for alleged offences committed in the course of duty abroad more than 10 years previously. Prosecutions in such circumstances would not be considered to be in the public interest, except in “exceptional circumstances”. The presumption measure would not apply to historical alleged offences in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Defence will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Secretary on the proposals for addressing Northern Ireland legacy issues. The MOD provides veterans, including those who served in Northern Ireland, who are subject to investigation and potential prosecution with legal, welfare and pastoral support.</p>
	tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

1137599

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>I discuss these important issues with the Northern Ireland Secretary and other relevant Ministers on a regular basis. As I set out in my written ministerial statement of 21 May 2019 (HCWS1575), our obligations to veterans who have served in Northern Ireland remain the same as to those who served in other theatres, and I have agreed with the Northern Ireland Secretary that my Department will provide formal input to any process taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office resulting from the Stormont House Agreement.</p>
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1171982

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have regular discussions about areas of mutual interest with colleagues across Government, including the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The UK Government's commitment in the '<em>New Decade, New Approach</em>' (NDNA) Agreement to create a Northern Ireland Veterans' Commissioner is an important one. It builds on the UK Government's establishment in 2019 of the Office for Veterans' Affairs to provide lifelong support to ex-military personnel. Officials in Defence, the Office for Veterans Affairs, and the Northern Ireland Office are engaging to ensure effective implementation of the UK Government's commitments relating to veterans within the NDNA, and both I, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, will be monitoring the progress of that work closely.</p>
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1172887

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Questions about the administration of justice in Northern Ireland are for the relevant authorities. The Ministry of Defence remains committed to offering comprehensive legal and pastoral support for all veterans facing investigations as a result of their service on Operation Banner.</p>
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1195618

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Upon discharge from the Armed Forces, the provision of healthcare, including mental healthcare, is the purview of the NHS in England, and the Devolved Administrations in the rest of the UK. We are currently working with the NI Veterans Support Office (VSO) to take forward the important work of delivering the Armed Forces Covenant to our veterans in NI. The VSO has developed strong links between the NI Government Departments, Local Government Veterans’ Champions and the voluntary and charitable sector. This work with the VSO is key in building coherence and co-ordination among services through the NI Veterans Support Committee (NIVSC). The NIVSC was set up to improve cooperation between those organisations who are permanently based in NI and are committed to delivering support services to veterans.</p>
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1271917

	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>As at 31 March 2020 there were 3,558 UK Armed Forces veterans in receipt of a War Disablement Pension under the War Pension Scheme and 65 UK Armed Forces veterans in receipt of a tax-free monthly Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) residing in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>AFCS tax-free lump sum awards are paid to Service personnel and veterans as compensation for pain and suffering for an injury or illness that is predominantly caused or made worse by Service. Location data is not routinely updated following payment of a lump sum award. Where a lump sum award has been made at tariff levels 1-11 (reflecting a more serious injury/illness), the claimant will also be awarded a tax-free index-linked income stream known as a Guaranteed Income Payment (GIP).</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2020 there were 654 UK Armed Forces veterans in receipt of the War Pension Mobility Supplement under the War Pension Scheme residing in Northern Ireland.</p>
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey