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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI look forward to announcing further progress on the review in due course. I do not want to pre-empt the terms and conditions of the chair, but I think that they will be…28 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis continues to be under review. I look forward to updating the hon. Member in due course.28 Mar 2022HANSARDWar Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme PaymentsI will give way very briefly, but we are pushed for time.28 Mar 2022HANSARDWar Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme PaymentsWe will pursue that immediately. I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for the opportunity. We will seek to improve speed and quality. We will not be just tinkering in the way we…28 Mar 2022HANSARDWar Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme PaymentsMy right hon. Friend has been a long-standing campaigner on this. I hope we are making progress and I look forward to meeting him soon to update him. Of the 106,000 awards, 154…28 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that veterans make brilliant employees, and the picture on veteran employment is good, with 83% of veterans employed full time six months after leaving service. However,…24 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces: Diversity and InclusionOf course we face constant pressures, but I should put it on record that we have doubled the amount that normally goes into supporting our magnificent armed forces charities. It…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmy Reserve: Recruitment and RetentionThe new Army Reserve under the future soldier programme will improve recruitment and retention across the whole reserve force. We are doing that by improving the offer and giving…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces ApprenticeshipsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. We are actively considering recruiting people with neurodiversity, because of their capacity for working in the cyber sphere. I am pleased…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces ApprenticeshipsWe are proud that the armed forces are one of Britain’s biggest providers of apprenticeships. Since 2014, we have enrolled more than 96,000 apprentices, and there are around…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmy Reserve: Recruitment and RetentionI agree with my hon. Friend that reserve officers seek to deploy in formed units, and we are in agreement with that. That is why it is in black and white in the future soldier…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have made 550 service family accommodation units available. All questions on this issue should be directed at local authorities, but we are doing everything we can to ensure…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical Questionsrose—21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do agree that SSAFA does an absolutely magnificent job, as I have seen at first hand in Aldershot. I put on the record my thanks for everything that my hon. Friend does for…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces: Diversity and InclusionI should put it on record that Wolverhampton has a long and very proud tradition of people in the armed forces. What we can do is point out that recruiting is undergoing constant…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces: Diversity and InclusionThe Ministry of Defence puts diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do: we regard it as mission-critical. Our ambition is a 30% inflow of women by 2030. Army…21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces: Diversity and InclusionWe acknowledge with gratitude my hon. Friend’s active role in the debate. He should wait for news this week on that issue.21 Feb 2022HANSARDArmed Forces ApprenticeshipsOf course all young people should be aware of the amazing opportunities for apprenticeships and careers in the armed forces. I would be honoured to visit my right hon. Friend’s…21 Feb 2022HANSARDWar Pensions Scheme Uprating 2022The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2022 are set out in the tables below. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2022 will take place…10 Feb 2022HANSARD Army ReserveThe 27,100 does not include 1,500 Army reserves who are in other tri-service units. It also does not take into account the 3,000 who are undergoing phase one training. Taken in…02 Feb 2022