Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 78753 on Veterans: Identity Cards, what progress his Department has made on the (a) new digital service for veterans and (b) delivery of Veterans’ Recognition Cards.

The Government remains committed to delivering recognition cards to existing veterans. Work is underway to develop the verification system required in order to begin the second phase of the card rollout to those who left service before December 2018. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs has led this work through the initial development phases and the Ministry of Defence has now taken responsibility for the next stage which will further develop and test the service, including with a small community of veterans. We will be engaging with veterans over the coming months to participate in this testing phase.