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date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Families Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the armed forces families fund were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) declined since its launch in September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	180724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Families Fund is managed and administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust (AFCT) on behalf of Defence who fund the scheme. Defence sets the themes for the scheme’s funding criteria, which is then delivered by the AFCT. The funding is based on financial rather than calendar years and is subject to the same annual budgetary cycle checks and assurances as all other expenditure within Defence. The first round of funding concluded in March this year and publicly available details on the applications and funding were released by the AFCT (see link: <a href="https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/" target="_blank">https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/</a>) which showed:</p><p>Early Years programme: 18 grants totalling £903,546</p><p>Supporting Partners programme: 12 grants totalling £483,144</p><p>Education Support programme: 54 grants totalling £2,045,593</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a grant of £119,647 was awarded to SSAFA over a two-year period for the e-Redbook project.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 180725 180726 180727 180728 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:51:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1610592

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Families Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the armed forces families fund is budgeted by (a) financial or (b) calendar year.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	180725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Families Fund is managed and administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust (AFCT) on behalf of Defence who fund the scheme. Defence sets the themes for the scheme’s funding criteria, which is then delivered by the AFCT. The funding is based on financial rather than calendar years and is subject to the same annual budgetary cycle checks and assurances as all other expenditure within Defence. The first round of funding concluded in March this year and publicly available details on the applications and funding were released by the AFCT (see link: <a href="https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/" target="_blank">https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/</a>) which showed:</p><p>Early Years programme: 18 grants totalling £903,546</p><p>Supporting Partners programme: 12 grants totalling £483,144</p><p>Education Support programme: 54 grants totalling £2,045,593</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a grant of £119,647 was awarded to SSAFA over a two-year period for the e-Redbook project.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 180724 180726 180727 180728 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:51:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1610593

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Families Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long his Department plans to provide funding to the armed forces families fund.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	180726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Families Fund is managed and administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust (AFCT) on behalf of Defence who fund the scheme. Defence sets the themes for the scheme’s funding criteria, which is then delivered by the AFCT. The funding is based on financial rather than calendar years and is subject to the same annual budgetary cycle checks and assurances as all other expenditure within Defence. The first round of funding concluded in March this year and publicly available details on the applications and funding were released by the AFCT (see link: <a href="https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/" target="_blank">https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/</a>) which showed:</p><p>Early Years programme: 18 grants totalling £903,546</p><p>Supporting Partners programme: 12 grants totalling £483,144</p><p>Education Support programme: 54 grants totalling £2,045,593</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a grant of £119,647 was awarded to SSAFA over a two-year period for the e-Redbook project.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 180724 180725 180727 180728 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:51:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1610595

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Families Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications were made to the armed forces families fund by service type since the establishment of that fund.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	180728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Families Fund is managed and administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust (AFCT) on behalf of Defence who fund the scheme. Defence sets the themes for the scheme’s funding criteria, which is then delivered by the AFCT. The funding is based on financial rather than calendar years and is subject to the same annual budgetary cycle checks and assurances as all other expenditure within Defence. The first round of funding concluded in March this year and publicly available details on the applications and funding were released by the AFCT (see link: <a href="https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/" target="_blank">https://covenantfund.org.uk/projects-weve-supported/</a>) which showed:</p><p>Early Years programme: 18 grants totalling £903,546</p><p>Supporting Partners programme: 12 grants totalling £483,144</p><p>Education Support programme: 54 grants totalling £2,045,593</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a grant of £119,647 was awarded to SSAFA over a two-year period for the e-Redbook project.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 180724 180725 180726 180727 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:51:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard