Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many veterans have been referred for priority NHS treatment since May 2010.

The Department and NHS England do not centrally collect on the number of veterans that have been referred for priority National Health Service treatment for service related issues but the hon. Member will be pleased to know that we have invested £22 million in a package of additional specialist resources to equip our NHS to provide better care for veterans, including:

- 9 specialist prosthetic centres for veterans;

- 10 Specialist veterans mental health teams;

- a 24 hour veterans mental health hotline; and

- an online mental health and wellbeing service for veterans.