Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans
Organisations:
Ministry of Defence
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for defence people and veterans
- civilian and service personnel policy
- veterans policy including resettlement, transition, charities and Veterans Board
- Armed Forces People Programme
- mental Health
- DIO better defence estate
- armed forces pay, pensions and compensation
- Armed Forces Covenant
- service justice
- welfare and service families
- security and safety including vetting (non-operations)
- inquiries and inquests (operations and non-operations)
- environment and sustainability
- equality, diversity and inclusion
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood
2017 to 2019