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<p>At the last Spending Round the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £5 million
is being made available for the Office for Veterans' Affairs in 2020/2021. The costs
of setting up the Office for Veterans' Affairs were met from existing budgets in the
Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, and included time from existing staff.</p><p>Furthermore,
this does not represent the totality of government spend to support veterans. For
example, we recently announced an additional £10 million to support veterans' mental
health and wellbeing needs.</p><p> </p>
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