Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional financial support he plans to allocate to charities that work with veterans during the covid-19 outbreak.

On 12 May the Government announced a £6 million fund to support the defence community during the coronavirus outbreak, including serving personnel, veterans and their families. The funding will be distributed in the form of grants administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, and the application process for charities is available on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust website. This latest funding is in addition to the £10 million the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust received in the Spring Budget for support to veterans’ health and wellbeing and the annual government contribution of £10 million for the Covenant Fund, £3 million of which has already been protected for veterans particularly affected by the coronavirus.