Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 15241

Veterans: Age

Tabled: 20 November 2024

Answered: 27 November 2024

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of veterans are over retirement age.

Answer

Al Carns

Census data for England and Wales in 2021 and Scotland in 2022 showed that there were approximately 1,071,000 veterans of UK Armed Forces living in Great Britain who were aged 65 years and over, the most relevant age bracket available from the Census data...

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