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Office for Veterans’ Affairs: Staff

Thursday 27 February 2020 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • The Office for Veterans' Affairs is staffed by civil servants, two of whom, including the director, are veterans.
  • The Office for Veterans' Affairs is setting up a veterans' advisory board that includes veterans and representatives.
  • People are hired to work in the Office for Veterans' Affairs based on what they can add to the organisation.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Philip Hollobone Con Kettering
Veterans
Context

Inquires about the number of veterans and non-veterans employed in the Office for Veterans' Affairs.

Question

How many staff of the Office for Veterans' Affairs are (a) veterans and (b) non-veterans?

Answer from Johnny Mercer, Minister for Defence People and Veterans

The Office for Veterans' Affairs is staffed by civil servants, two of whom, including the director, are veterans. I myself am a veteran, and I have seen at first hand the need to support our veterans. The OVA is also setting up a veterans' advisory board, which includes veterans and representatives from academia, business and the charity sector.

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Q2 Philip Hollobone Con Kettering
Veterans
Context

Asks about plans to increase the number of veterans, including disabled veterans, within the Department.

Question

My hon. and gallant Friend the Minister will recognise that veterans represent the very best of selfless service to our country, and no one understands veterans' needs better than veterans themselves, so what plans does he have to increase the number of veterans, including disabled veterans, in his Department?

Answer from Johnny Mercer, Minister for Defence People and Veterans

People come and work in the Office for Veterans' Affairs based purely on what they can add to the organisation. A number of veterans are working there at the moment. We are still conducting a recruitment process for certain roles, but it is an embryonic organisation that is finding its way through Government, and I look forward to giving my hon. Friend an update in writing later in the year.

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