Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans ID cards have been delivered to veterans as part of phase 2 of the roll out as of 17 January 2024.
The below table shows how many Veteran recognition cards have been despatched through Phase 1 each month since January 2023:
Month | No. of card despatched |
Jan 23 | 1,123 |
Feb 23 | 1,613 |
Mar 23 | 1,438 |
Apr 23 | 1,593 |
May 23 | 1,510 |
Jun 23 | 1,631 |
Jul 23 | 1,443 |
Aug 23 | 1,553 |
Sep 23 | 1,375 |
Oct 23 | 1,756 |
Nov 23 | 1,706 |
Dec 23 | 1,469 |
Jan 24 | 1,061 |
As of 17 January 2024, in Phase 1, 80,240 Veteran recognition cards have been despatched to Veterans in total. A further 6,586 cards have been despatched to Veterans as part of Phase 2 testing period of the Veteran recognition cards project.