Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Armed Forces veterans from wars since 1990 who reside in Ashfield constituency; and what comparative assessment he has made of that figure and the average for constituencies.

This information is not held in the format requested. The Ministry of Defence does not collect or hold information on all veterans and does not collect information by constituency.

An estimated distribution, by county, 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 (2016) is published at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-population-survey-uk-armed-forces-veterans-residing-in-great-britain. As at 2016, there may have been around 40,000 veterans residing in the county of Nottinghamshire.

In addition, the Department also publishes information on the location of veterans who have been awarded compensation under the War Pension Scheme and / or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, or who are in receipt of their employment pension. The latest statistics (as at 31 March 2017) indicate that there were 634 veterans residing in Ashfield in receipt of compensation and / or a pension. These statistics are published on the Gov.uk website at the following address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-armed-forces-pension-and-compensation-recipients-2017