Defence and armed forces
Services
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Financial help if you're disabled
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
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Estimate your armed forces pension
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
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Get a copy of military service records
Get military service records for the army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or RAF from 1920 - who can apply, how long it takes, cost, how to apply
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Right to reside
Who has the right to reside in the UK - if you're a British citizen, from the Republic of Ireland, the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
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Apply for a medal or veterans badge
How to apply for a medal or veterans badge - who can apply, application forms, contact details, how long it takes, replacement military medals or badges
Guidance and regulation
- Armed forces pensions
- Veterans' UK Armed Forces pension and insurance declaration forms
- Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility
- Prevent duty guidance
- Graduates, students and apprentices at Dstl
News and communications
- Commander Strategic Command meets senior personnel in Finland
- Veterans charity born out of DIY SOS going “from strength to strength”
- Joint Statement – The Tallinn Pledge
- Historic veterans charity praised for housing 1,500 veterans across the country
- Trade talks and training troops top of the agenda at annual UK-Australia summit
Research and statistics
- Characteristics of UK armed forces veterans, England and Wales: Census 2021
- Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats - monthly data
- Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats - weekly data
- MOD civilian personnel statistics: background quality reports
- Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats - daily data
Policy papers and consultations
- DefCARS enabling changes
- Cloud Strategic Roadmap for Defence
- Australia-UK ministerial consultations (AUKMIN) 2023: joint statement
- Maritime Operating Concept (MarOpC)
- Defence science and technology programmes and projects
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 30 January 2023 (part 5)
- Military court centres court listings
- FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 30 January 2023 (part 4)
- MOD business appointment rules: applications completed from October to December 2020
- FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 30 January 2023 (part 3)
Organisations
- Military Aviation Authority
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation
- Defence Equipment and Support
- Veterans UK
- Single Source Regulations Office
- Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
- Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
- Strategic Command
- Export Control Joint Unit
- UK Hydrographic Office
- jHub Defence Innovation
- LGBT Veterans Independent Review
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Environment Agency
- UK Space Agency
- Ofsted
- Atomic Weapons Establishment
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- Sellafield Ltd
- Student Loans Company
Explore sub-topics
- Armed Forces Covenant
- Armed forces
- Armed forces and Ministry of Defence reform
- Armed forces support for activities in the UK
- International defence commitments
- Military awards and commemorations
- Military equipment, logistics and technology
- Military recruitment, training and operations
- Ministry of Defence estate
- Nuclear disarmament
- Stability in the Western Balkans
- Support services for military and defence personnel and their families
- Support services for veterans and their families
- UK nuclear deterrent
- Weapons proliferation