Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget of the Veterans Welfare Service is; and how many staff work for that Service.

The Veterans Welfare Service forms part of Defence Business Services (DBS), and is not an independent entity.

Budgets and staff numbers are allocated within DBS at the delivery of veterans' services level referred to publicly as Veterans UK, and includes the administration of compensation claims, veterans' welfare services, pensions, some support to serving personnel and the running of Ilford Park Polish Home. It is not possible to break this information down to only the Veterans Welfare Service.

The Veterans Services overall budget for financial year (FY)2023-24 was £20.003million and includes the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card project delivery.

The average Full Time Equivalent (FTE) across all Veterans Services for FY2023-24 was 437.91.