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1722053

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to continue the Operation Prosper campaign.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 652 653 654 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:01 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722055

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support the previous Government’s Op Restore, the Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 651 653 654 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:01 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722056

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to continue the previous Government's work on Op Courage, the veterans' mental health service.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 651 652 654 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:01 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722057

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support the previous Government’s Op Fortitude campaign.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 651 652 653 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:01 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722058

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he plans to allocate to Op Prosper over this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing to determine the spend for Operation PROSPER and Operation FORTITUDE for the current financial year. The budget for the remainder of this Parliament will be determined by the next Spending Review, which has not yet commenced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 656 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:55 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722059

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on Op Fortitude in each financial year of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing to determine the spend for Operation PROSPER and Operation FORTITUDE for the current financial year. The budget for the remainder of this Parliament will be determined by the next Spending Review, which has not yet commenced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns grouped question UIN 655 question first answered 25/07/2024 10:20:56 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722060

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. I am leading work across Government to look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 25/07/2024 10:21:51 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722061

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce veteran homelessness.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The level of homelessness, including for our veterans, is too high.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working across Government to ensure veterans have access to the support they need on housing, as well as mental health, employment and other areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will develop a new cross-Government strategy, working with Mayors and Councils across the country, to put Britain back on track to ending homelessness. The MOD will work with other departments to take a long term approach and to tackle the root causes of homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 05/08/2024 12:50:17 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722062

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gurkhas: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to bring pensions for Gurkha soldiers who retired before 1997 in line with the standard British Army pension.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government greatly values the service of all members of the Armed Forces, including the Gurkhas, who have a long and distinguished history of Service to the UK, both here and overseas. The Government takes its responsibilities to our Gurkha veterans very seriously and is committed to providing Gurkha veterans with a fair pension.</p><p> </p><p>The 1948 Gurkha Pension Scheme is different to other Armed Forces Pension Schemes, but these differences are objectively and reasonably justified. The legal basis for Gurkha pensions has been upheld by three Judicial Reviews since 2003, including a case that went to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p> </p><p>The Government maintains that the 1948 Gurkha Pension Scheme continues to provide a good income for our Gurkha veterans living in Nepal, in accordance with the original scheme design.</p><p> </p><p>As a Minister new to the Gurkha Pension issue, I look forward to meeting with the Ambassador of Nepal and the Gurkha veteran representatives in due course.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 17/09/2024 09:49:20 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1722249

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of having the Office for Veterans' Affairs within his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to delivering for veterans as an integral part of our Armed Forces community. The Secretary of State for Defence will represent veterans at Cabinet, and as the Minister for Veterans and People I will look at the best ways to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need. Our focus is on improving outcomes for veterans and delivering for those who serve our nation, and we believe this work will be strengthened by bringing the Office for Veterans Affairs under the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 29/07/2024 14:13:07 answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie