Veterans and family support

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Services

• Apply for an HM Armed Forces Veteran Card

  Apply for an armed forces veteran card to prove that you served in the UK armed forces.

• Armed forces veterans badge application form

  Fill in this form to apply for an armed forces veterans badge by post, including replacements.

• War Widows / War Widowers Pension / funeral expenses

  This form provides information on and is used for making your first claim for a War Widows/War Widowers Pension/Funeral expenses.

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Guidance and regulation

• Adding your Veteran Card to the GOV.UK One Login app
  • Detailed guide
  • 21 August 2025
  • Government Digital Service
• Armed forces pensions
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 September 2025
  • Ministry of Defence, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees, and Veterans UK
• Using your HM Armed Forces Veteran Card
  • Detailed guide
  • 30 April 2025
  • Ministry of Defence and Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS)
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 November 2022
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
• Veterans UK: contact us
  • Detailed guide
  • 29 November 2024
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK

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News and communications

• Veterans in North of England set to benefit from government's new support network
  • 26 June 2025
  • Ministry of Defence and Office for Veterans' Affairs
  • Press release
• VE Day boost for veterans’ healthcare
  • 8 May 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release
• Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network
  • 5 May 2025
  • Ministry of Defence and Office for Veterans' Affairs
  • Press release
• Government commits to get more veterans into meaningful jobs
  • 24 February 2025
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs and Ministry of Defence
  • Press release
• Design selected for LGBT+ armed forces community memorial
  • 14 January 2025
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs and Ministry of Defence
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Research update on producing UK armed forces veteran statistics for England and Wales: 2023
  • 28 August 2025
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• YouGov survey on veteran support: high-level results
  • 23 July 2025
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs and Ministry of Defence
  • Research
• Family support analysis of UK armed forces veterans
  • 17 June 2025
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs, Ministry of Defence, and Office for National Statistics
  • Research
• Services and support, responses from family members of UK armed forces veterans: Veterans’ Survey 2022, UK
  • 17 June 2025
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• Criminal justice system analysis of UK armed forces veterans
  • 10 June 2025
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs, Ministry of Defence, and Office for National Statistics
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Supporting Our Veterans: A Consultation
  • 5 January 2024
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 04 January 2024
• Draft legislation: zero-rate secondary Class 1 contributions for veterans
  • 11 January 2021
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 08 March 2021
• Strategy for our Veterans - 6 Monthly Report
  • 22 September 2023
  • Cabinet Office, Office for Veterans' Affairs, and Veterans UK
  • Policy paper
• Data and Research Framework
  • 24 November 2022
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs
  • Policy paper
• Veterans' Strategy Action Plan: 2022 to 2024
  • 19 January 2022
  • Cabinet Office, Office for Veterans' Affairs, and Veterans UK
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund: Report
  • 28 February 2025
  • Defence and Security Accelerator
  • Corporate report
• VAPC east Midlands: annual report 2019 to 2020
  • 19 February 2021
  • Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Ministry of Defence
• Veterans UK
• Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Cabinet Office
• Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations

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• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Department for Work & Pensions
• HM Revenue & Customs
• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Government Digital Service
• Government People Group
• Northern Ireland Office

• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
• LGBT Veterans Independent Review
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation