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Veterans: Identity Cards

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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 183281, tabled on 28 April 2023

Question

Rachel Hopkins
Labour
Luton South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the rollout of veteran ID cards up to 28 April 2023.

Answer

Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
South West Wiltshire
Commons

Answered on

9 May 2023

Since 2018, Veterans ID cards have been issued to all Service leavers; the cost of this is not separately recorded. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) project team responsible for developing and implementing the new digital verification service and issue of ID cards for Veterans who left service prior to 2018 consists of seven civil servants and four contractors in total, equating to approximately 3.8 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) civil servants and 2.2 FTE contractors. This number will fluctuate during the current financial year (FY) depending on skills requirements.

The MOD has allocated £1.5 million to the project for FY 2023-24. Expenditure of £1.07 million in FY 2022-23 was funded by the Cabinet Office when the project was led by the Office of Veterans Affairs.

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