To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants from his Department (a) in total and (b) in full-time equivalent posts are allocated to work on the rollout of veteran ID cards.
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.