Veterans: Identity Cards
(asked on 19th July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces service leavers have received their veterans ID card.
This question was answered on 22nd July 2021
A Veterans ID card has been automatically issued as standard to all Service leavers from December 2018. 36,091 such cards have been issued up to July 2021.
The Government remains committed to developing an online digital verification tool that will securely and easily allow veterans to verify their service. A delivery date will be confirmed in due course.