Asked by: Lincoln Jopp (Conservative - Spelthorne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of overseas armed forces his Department is in a direct employment relationship with as of 15 October 2024.
Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
I have interpreted your question to be asking for the number of foreign personnel on exchange or embedded with the UK Armed Forces.
The table below shows the number of foreign exchange personnel that were on strength with an active assignment, as at 15 Oct 2024, by assigned location country in either overseas or the United Kingdom.
Location Country | Foreign Exchange Personnel Count |
Overseas | 146 |
United Kingdom | 582 |
Grand Total | 728 |
Asked by: Lincoln Jopp (Conservative - Spelthorne)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of making the Minister with responsibility for veterans a member of the Cabinet.
Answered by John Healey - Secretary of State for Defence
It is my personal responsibility to represent veterans at Cabinet and I am proud to do it.
With the Office for Veterans Affairs now part of the MOD and the Minister for Veterans and People working across Government and with veteran groups, we are determined to bring forward a range of action to better serve our veteran community, including ensuring HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards to be used as voter identification, waiving visa fees for non-UK veterans who have served for four or more years and their dependents, and putting the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law.