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Written question asked by Bradley Thomas (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 February 2025. It was answered by Al Carns (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 February 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Veterans: Bromsgrove

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of former armed forces personnel residing in Bromsgrove constituency.

Answer

The House of Commons library has an online data dashboard for constituencies which includes data on veterans taken from the most recent censuses in Great Britain. This is available here:

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-uk-armed-forces-veterans-2021-census/

England and Wales Census 2021 data showed that 3,066 people in Bromsgrove constituency reported that they had previously served in the UK Armed Forces. This represents 3.8% of the population in this constituency aged 16 and over. This compares with 3.5% of the population in the West Midlands region and 3.8% in Great Britain.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
30877
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Bromsgrove Veterans
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk