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date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Veterans: Charities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of reduced fundraising for armed forces charities during the COVID-19 pandemic, what additional measures they are taking to enable such charities to deliver support for veterans.
tabling member printed	Lord Walney
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Government is committed to making the UK the best country in the world to be a veteran.</p><p>Every year it provides £10 million to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, which distributes this as grants to charitable organisations through a range of programmes. This year we have provided an additional £6 million for 100 service charities through the Covid Relief fund, to ensure they can continue to provide their vital services throughout the pandemic. Furthermore, through the Loneliness Covid-19 Fund, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen And Families Association has been provided with a grant of £500,000 to support veterans and their families experiencing loneliness throughout the UK.</p><p>Charities are also able to apply to access the additional financial support provided through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Charities can also apply to receive up to £3,000 a month through the Local Restrictions Support Grant if an organisation’s premises is forced to close.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/11/2020 16:26:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

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date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) cases have been considered, and (2) applications have been approved, by the Planning Inspectorate in relation to applications to build new homes in areas of high flood risk in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/08/2018 12:10:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley