Written question asked by Joe Morris (Labour) on Thursday, 30 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2025. It was answered by Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour) on Monday, 10 November 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

War Graves: North East

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Commonwealth war graves in the North East.

Answer: During the Financial Year 2024-25, the Ministry of Defence paid the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) £56.31 Million Grant-in-Aid funding so that it may continue to honour, in perpetuity, the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the First and Second World Wars by caring for 23,000 war memorials and war cemeteries around the world. Within CWGC’s North East region, more than 22,500 personnel are commemorated at almost 1,360 locations, including war memorials and cemeteries in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, Yorkshire and Humberside.

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