Oral Answers to Questions

Paula Barker Excerpts

Tuesday 12th May 2020 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)]

What support his Department is providing for veterans during the covid-19 outbreak.

[Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree) (Lab)]

What support his Department is providing for veterans during the covid-19 outbreak.

[Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab)]

What support his Department is providing for veterans during the covid-19 outbreak.

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[Paula Barker [V]]

Half of respondents to a recent Army Families Federation survey said that they had received no information at all about the Ministry of Defence’s future accommodation model. What are the Government doing to rectify that?

[Johnny Mercer]

Again, I find that hard to believe, because we have gone out on a huge programme of engagement around the future accommodation model. This is a significant part of what the Government are doing to invest in what we call the offer to keep people within the military. If anybody requires that information, I am more than happy for them to get in touch with me. We have used the Army Families Federation’s publications and so on. I am always happy to do more. This is a communications battle we are determined to win. It is a positive step, and I look forward to engaging further with the Army Families Federation in future.