Asked by: Joe Morris (Labour - Hexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of service family accommodation by (a) region, (b) local authority, and (c) Westminster constituency.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Documents reflecting the number of Service Family Accommodation by region, local authority, and Westminster constituency are attached.
Data has been sourced from Northgate and is accurate as at 1 November 2025.
Asked by: Joe Morris (Labour - Hexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for veterans in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This Government is fully committed to ensuring that veterans in Hexham, Northumberland, the North East, and across the whole country have easy access to support when and where it is needed. At the 2021 census, 3,997 people in Hexham reported that they had previously served in the UK Armed Forces, representing 5.2% of the population aged 16 and over.
The Ministry of Defence runs the Veterans Welfare Service, who provide advice and support to veterans and their families. In England Op RESTORE and Op COURAGE provide physical and mental health specialist services. Housing support is available across the United Kingdom via Op FORTITUDE, a single referral pathway connecting veterans with support. For support with employment, the Career Transition Partnership is the initial point of provision for those leaving military Service and Op ASCEND is the employment pathway for veterans.
In May we announced VALOUR, a new commitment to establish the first-ever UK-wide approach to veteran support, which will ensure easier access to essential care and support for veterans across the country. A new regional approach, based on a network of VALOUR support centres and VALOUR field officers, will help to ensure that services are designed to meet the needs of their local communities.
Asked by: Joe Morris (Labour - Hexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Commonwealth war graves in the North East.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
During the Financial Year 2024-25, the Ministry of Defence paid the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) £56.31 Million Grant-in-Aid funding so that it may continue to honour, in perpetuity, the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the First and Second World Wars by caring for 23,000 war memorials and war cemeteries around the world. Within CWGC’s North East region, more than 22,500 personnel are commemorated at almost 1,360 locations, including war memorials and cemeteries in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, Yorkshire and Humberside.
Asked by: Joe Morris (Labour - Hexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on removing visa fees for (a) non-UK armed forces veterans who have served for four or more years and (b) their dependents.
Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This Government is committed to scrapping visa fees for non-UK veterans who have served our country for four or more years, and their dependents.
The Ministry of Defence is actively working with the Home Office to take this forward.