Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Graham Allen (Labour). It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 11 December 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Arctic Star

Question: How many Arctic convoy veterans have received the Arctic Star; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: To date, more than 6,500 applications for the new Arctic emblem have been processed and passed to the Veterans Agency for dispatch. As a result of the publicity from the many launch events that were held around the country—including, I understand, a successful one arranged by my hon. Friend in Nottingham—several hundred new applications have been received in recent weeks. Officials are working hard to process those applications, but the volume received means that it will take a few weeks to dispatch some of the emblems.

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