Veterans: Housing
(asked on 4th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when further amounts from the veterans accommodation fund will be awarded; and how much they estimate will be awarded.
As announced by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans (Anna Soubry) in February 2014, £40 million of LIBOR money is being allocated to the Veterans Accommodation Fund (VAF).
The table below details, by Country, the number and the outcome of bids received for the VAF.
Country | Number of Bids Received | Number of Successful Bids |
England | 52 | 10 |
Wales | 3 | 2 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 |
Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 |
UK wide | 3 | 2 |
Total | 69 | 16 |
The Fund attracted bids totalling £163 million. Unfortunately, the limit of funding meant that a number of good projects had to be turned down. The whole £40 million VAF has now been allocated, with nine of the sixteen successful projects already announced. The complete list can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterans-accommodatino-fund/veterans-accommodation-fund-what-you-need-to-know-armed-forces-covenant. There are no current plans to extend the Fund.