<p>Armed Forces Day</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 28 June 2017.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 2:25, 28 June 2017

Of course, and what I can say is that, in Wales, we are very much at the forefront of delivery for our veterans and armed forces families, and we have many schemes in place. We invest £585,000 per annum into the veterans’ NHS scheme, working purely with veterans to access services—2,900 referrals through the scheme received. Also, I would ask the Member to perhaps put her influence into the UK Government, for we have in Wales, since April 2016, a higher disregard of £25 per week for veterans receiving war disablement pensions when accessing all forms of social care, and from April 2017, a full disregard will apply to this. That happens in Wales, but not in England yet.