Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans (a) were and (b) were not contacted by the Veterans Information Service one year after their departure from the armed forces in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

Anna Soubry

The number of veterans who were contacted/not contacted by the Veterans Information Service in 2012 and 2013 is:

Notes

1. From May 2012 until December 2012.

2. From January 2013 until March 2013. (Contact is initiated one year after discharge.)

This information is not available by year prior to May 2012. However, I can confirm that 56,653 veterans discharged between 1 September 2009 and 30 April 2012 have been contacted and 5,996 have not.