Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha veterans with fewer than four years of service have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom since 2009, and on what grounds was discretion exercised in those cases.

The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information. Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), including those made by serving Armed Forces personnel, their families and veterans, are a matter for the Home Office. The Home Office is therefore responsible for determining such applications, including any decision to exercise discretion in individual cases.