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The Department does not record the number of veterans who reside in each local authority.<\/p>
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An estimated distribution of the UK Armed Forces veteran population residing in Great Britain can be found in the 'Annual Population Survey: UK Armed Forces Veterans Residing in Great Britain', the latest edition of which (2017) is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain<\/a>. As at 2017, there were an estimated 2.4 million UK Armed Forces veterans residing in households across Great Britain.<\/p> <\/p> The sample size of the Annual Population Survey is statistically too small to produce veteran estimates at geographical locations below county level.<\/p> <\/p> However, the Department does hold information on UK Armed Forces veterans in each local authority who are in receipt of an Armed Forces occupational pension, a disablement pension under the War Pensions Scheme or compensation under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This information can be found in table 3 of \u201cLocation of Armed Forces pension and compensation recipients: as at 31 March 2018 (annex A)\u201d which is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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