A question on #DepartmentOfHealthAndSocialCare #ArmedForcesCovenant tabled by Jake Richards on 03-07-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Department of Health and Social Care: Armed Forces Covenant
Question ID: 1819155
UIN: 64814
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-03
Asking Member ID: 5082
Asking Member display name: Jake Richards
Asking Member handle: jakebenrichards
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jakebenrichards
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty across his Departmental responsibilities.
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The Department is supportive of the extension of the Armed Forces Covenant. A key benefit of the Department having a legal duty to have due regard to the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant is greater awareness and consistency of the unique impacts of...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true