Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of veterans are over retirement age.

Census data for England and Wales in 2021 and Scotland in 2022 showed that there were approximately 1,071,000 veterans of UK Armed Forces living in Great Britain who were aged 65 years and over, the most relevant age bracket available from the Census data, representing approximately 53% of all veterans. This number and proportion are expected to decrease over time.