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Written question asked by Stephen Morgan (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 February 2021. It was answered by Johnny Mercer (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 February 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Covenant Fund Trust were received by local authorities in each of the last five years; and what amount was distributed to successful applicants.

Answer

All grants made by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust are available to view on their website:

https://covenantfund.org.uk/.

A total of 164 grants have been requested by Local Authorities since Financial Year (FY) 2015-16: 20 in FY 2015-16, 37 in FY 2016-17, 30 in FY 2017-18, 42 in FY 2018-19, 31 in FY 2019-20 and four in 2020-21. 117 of these applications were successful with grants being awarded. The total value of grants awarded to Local Authorities between FY 2015-16 and FY 2020-21 is £8,753,332.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
145121
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk