Defence Discount Service

(asked on 2nd March 2017) - View Source
Questioner
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Danny Kinahan
(Ulster Unionist Party - South Antrim)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the uptake level has been of the Defence Discount Service in each region and constituent part of the UK since its introduction.

Answered by
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
This question was answered on 6th March 2017

The Defence Discount Service (DDS) is operated by Blue Light Card Ltd on behalf of the Ministry Of Defence. Blue Light is responsible for all marketing and promotion of the DDS throughout the United Kingdom and uses a variety of initiatives to engage both locally and nationally.

As at 3 March 2017, the DDS scheme had approximately 386,000 members. A regional breakdown of membership is unavailable. However, the following table provides a breakdown by constituent part of the UK:

England

316,400

Scotland

29,700

Wales

23,200

Northern Ireland

5,800

Outside UK

2,300

Opted not to provide location

8,700

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