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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mental health support is available for those undertaking an appeal against Veterans UK decision regarding an application to (a) AFCS and (b) War Pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel and veterans are undertaking an appeal against a Veterans UK decision regarding an application to (a) AFCS and (b) War Pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of appeal is, from start to resolution, for those appealing against Veterans UK decisions on applications for (a) AFCS and (b) War Pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of British ex-service personnel residing in Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls Op COURAGE has received each month from October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all anonymised data his Department holds on the number of armed forces personnel who have experienced childhood abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to (a) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions have been rejected as a result of mental health diagnoses not being from psychiatrists of a consultant grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides for people who have experienced assault or harassment as part of a military initiation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to prevent assault and harassment occurring as part of military initiation rituals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the gathering of forensic evidence for victims of rape and sexual assault in the UK Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of military sexual assault who may be reluctant to seek support from veteran specific health initiatives out of fear of encountering the per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the levels of military initiation rituals which humiliate and sexually abuse serving personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department collects on the number of Armed Forces personnel with adverse childhood experiences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of sharing records of convicted perpetrators of military sexual assault with civilian police upon discharge from the Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will respond to the recommendations listed in the 2021 Forward Assist Privileged Access Interview Report entitled, El Hombre Invisible: Male Veterans Share their Lived Experience of Military Sex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that departmental staff assessing applications for veteran benefits are aware of the consequences of both mental and physical injury and illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that benefit assessments for veterans focus on the increased costs of living for disabled people in addition to an individual's ability to secure and m...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with the devolved Administrations to increase veterans access to cross border medical referrals where there is (a) a clinical need or (b) long local waiting lists.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all data his Department holds on the number of veterans working (a) in the NHS, (b) as prison officers and (c) as teachers.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the advisory group of organisations employing veterans has been established; and how that group's findings will be presented or published.