Veterans: Identity Cards

(asked on 4th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans ID Cards have been delivered to UK veterans as part of phase 2 of that scheme as of 4 December 2023.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 7th December 2023

Since the summer we have engaged with thousands of veterans to test the service and to date,500 veterans ID cards have been dispatched as part of phase 2 of the Veteran Card Scheme. We aim to produce and dispatch thousands of cards for pre-2018 veterans by the end of 2023. Depending on the volume of applications received, we expect production to increase over the course of 2024 towards a maximum output capacity of around 50,000 cards per month.

The service will remain live for pre-2018 veterans who want a card and cards will continue to be issued automatically to Service leavers. Details of when veterans will be able to apply for a card will be issued in due course.

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