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<p>The Government is committed to supporting all our veterans, and to ensuring that
they continue to thrive after leaving the services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the
Government has committed £773m of LIBOR fines to support Armed Forces and Emergency
Service charities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this package, the Chancellor awarded the
Royal British Legion £3m to develop a Veterans Mobility Fund, designed to meet the
wellbeing needs of veterans discharged with service-attributable serious physical
injury. At the same time, the Chancellor also awarded £10m to develop a Veterans Hearing
Fund, providing support to veterans who suffered hearing loss during service.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2019, at the Royal British Legion’s request, the Treasury authorised the
transfer of almost £1.5m from the Veterans Mobility Fund to the Veterans Hearing Fund,
following dramatic increases in the rate of applications for the Hearing Fund and
a comparatively static application rate for the Mobility Fund. Both the Veterans Hearing
and Veterans Mobility Funds have now closed.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2020, we have announced
a further £10m funding to support veterans’ mental health, £475k to support the development
of a digital and data strategy for the sector, £5m to enable charities to address
the impact of events in Afghanistan on veterans, a £5m Veterans’ Health Innovation
Fund, and £8.55m in December last year to end veteran homelessness in 2023.</p><p>
</p><p>More than 100 service charities, including those who support veterans, also
benefitted from £6m of the £750m to support the charity sector announced by the Chancellor
in April 21 in support of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Governments Veterans’ Strategy
Action Plan sets out the steps we will take in the next two years towards our ambition
of making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The
Chancellor engages with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care routinely
on health matters.</p>
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