Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Use of Torture Overseas
"I invite the Secretary of State to respond specifically to the question asked by the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) about the Government’s response to the call for a judicial review. We cannot blame her for the failures of her predecessor, but we heard that the promise …..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 26th February 2019
Asked by:
Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of veterans who have served in the armed forces who reside in each local authority area.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Department does not record the number of veterans who reside in each local authority.
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. As at 2017, there were an estimated 2.4 million UK Armed Forces veterans residing in households across Great Britain.
The sample size of the Annual Population Survey is statistically too small to produce veteran estimates at geographical locations below county level.
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 “Location of Armed Forces pension and compensation recipients: as at 31 March 2018 (annex A)” which is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018.
Written Question
Tuesday 26th February 2019
Asked by:
Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to record the number of veterans who have served in the armed forces who reside in each local authority area.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Department does not record the number of veterans who reside in each local authority.
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. As at 2017, there were an estimated 2.4 million UK Armed Forces veterans residing in households across Great Britain.
The sample size of the Annual Population Survey is statistically too small to produce veteran estimates at geographical locations below county level.
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 “Location of Armed Forces pension and compensation recipients: as at 31 March 2018 (annex A)” which is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2018.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
"I entirely support what the Minister says about our recognition of those who support members of our armed forces; the armed forces community is very important. I know the Minister has that community very much in his heart and has their best interests in his mind, and he will be …..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
"It is the first time I have ever been positively encouraged to intervene—it could catch on.
I share the Minister’s views about the wider issues alongside pay. One of the other issues raised with me by members of the armed forces community is the sense of strategic vision on what …..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
"I am very grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene again. I just want to take him back to the comments he was making a moment ago about cyber-warfare and hybrid warfare. Does he consider cyber-warfare to be warfare? If so, who are we at war with?..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
"I rise to support the motion, as my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith) did. While this is a motion that many might have expected was limited in scope and was likely to be passed without much comment, the Minister, of whom I am a big admirer in …..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Feb 2019
Defence
"People will read the right hon. Gentleman’s speech and make up their own minds on whether he was urging the Government to take action in a different direction, but if he wants the advancement of policy, he is in exactly the right place to do that as a Defence Minister. …..."Toby Perkins - View Speech
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