Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is to implement the recommendations of The Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans 2023, published on 17 July 2023.

Our response to the Review was published in December 2023. The Government accepts the principle and intended outcome of all the review’s recommendations and is currently working to deliver them.

There are several recommendations which the Ministry of Defence is already actively taking forward, including the retirement of the Veterans UK brand, and the transformation of the way we deliver welfare support to ensure a consistently high level of service. The response sets out our commitment and high-level plans, and further detail will be made available in due course as we make progress.