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1642118

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Afghanistan Veterans' Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Afghanistan Veterans' Fund at achieving its objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	188020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>In September 2021, the Government announced that Armed Forces charities would receive £5 million in additional funding to support veterans, including those who may be struggling following events in Afghanistan.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst a full qualitative and quantitative analysis of this funding will be undertaken by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT), who have administered this on behalf of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, at the appropriate time, the AFCFT has already seen positive impacts during their mid-programmes reviews.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 15/06/2023 09:17:57 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1601356

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of welfare services for veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	158972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran. To ensure we meet this ambition, I have jointly commissioned an independent review into the role and scope of welfare provision for veterans, including those under the Veterans UK banner, with the Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This review will focus on examining the effectiveness and efficiency of welfare services for veterans, and will identify duplication or gaps in support, ensuring that our welfare services best deliver for those who have served our country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 14/03/2023 17:16:38 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1599374

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans' Health Innovation Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to provide funding for the development of healthcare technologies for veterans through the Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	153814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>Successful awards from the £5m Veterans' Health Innovation Fund were announced on 23 February 2023. The funding will support organisations that are developing cutting-edge technologies to help veterans with complex healthcare needs.</p><p>Organisations across the UK were able to bid for £2.7m of the fund under four themes: Digital, data and technology; Surgical technology, bioengineering and rehabilitation with blast injuries; Public Health, pain management, hearing loss and visual impairment; and Female veterans. A further £2.3m was given to partners who are already carrying out excellent research in the veterans health sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 07/03/2023 16:24:14 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1623264

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that homeless veterans have access to accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	182312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to end veterans homelessness this year. To achieve this ambition, we are providing up to £8m to organisations across the UK to address veterans homelessness and rough sleeping through the provision of mental health, employment and recovery provision in veteran supported housing, which will be supplemented by Op FORTITUDE, the designated referral pathway for veterans experiencing or facing homelessness.</p><p>This is in addition to the £20 million for a Veterans Housing Capital Fund the Chancellor announced during his Spring Budget, which will go towards providing extra housing for veterans through the development of new builds and the refurbishment of existing social and charitable housing.</p><p>More broadly, veterans are supported by the Government's ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ strategy which is backed by £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping across the country.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 03/05/2023 14:50:17 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1587190

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to support nuclear test veterans and their families.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	148669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans of the British nuclear testing programme are recognised and supported for their efforts in helping create our nuclear deterrent.</p><p>On 21 November 2022, the Government hosted an event at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark the contribution of Nuclear Test Veterans. This was attended by a number of service personnel, veterans and their families, and representatives from military charities. At the event, the Prime Minister announced a new medal to honour the significant contribution of veterans and civilian staff from across the Commonwealth.</p><p>Since then, the OVA has opened the £200,000 Nuclear Test Veteran Community Fund for applications from organisations to build community led programmes that help recognise and support nuclear test veterans and their families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 28/02/2023 13:41:20 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight