Veterans UK: Finance

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for Veterans UK was in each year between 2010 and 2021.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 20th January 2022

Veterans UK is the public facing name given to Veterans Services provided by Defence Business Services (DBS), an enabling organisation of the Ministry of Defence since 2014 and does not exist as an independent entity.

The annual Budget allocated to the administration of Veterans services for each financial year is detailed in the below table. This includes the administration of Compensation Claims, Welfare Services, Pensions, some support to serving personnel and the running of Ilford Park Polish Home, but excludes the Veterans UK helpline which is included in other DBS budgets and not separately held. Data prior to 2015 is not held.

Financial Year

Total DEL (£million)

2021-22

17.620

2022-21

19.795

2019-20

17.220

2018-19

16.644

2017-18

15.607

2016-17

16.095

2015-16

19.052

2014-15

18.964

1. Control Total is as at the end of the Financial Year

2. Control Total is Near Cash (now known as Total DEL)

3. FY 2021-22's control total is as at AP09

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