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Veterans: Identity Cards

Asked by Bradley ThomasConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 11 February 2025UIN 29135

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will use a digital veteran card.

Answered by Al Carns

Based on census data and other sources, there are currently around two million Veterans, all of whom will be able to apply for a Virtual Veterans Card.

The Veterans Data Dashboard is publicly available at the following link:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/office.for.veterans.affairs/viz/2024-07-29VeteransDataDashboardv2final/Story1

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