Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105351 on Veterans UK: Telephone Services, whether the increase in calls to the Veterans UK helpline in August, September and October 2021 was a result of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
This information is not held as it is not recorded during phone calls. The Veterans UK Helpline did not report a noticeable trend in Veterans phoning as a result of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.