[holding answer 22 January 2007]: The Ministry of Defence has insufficient information to make an accurate assessment of the number of people entitled to the HM Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge but estimates that the total number is around 5 million.
The Veterans Badge was administered in London between May 2004 and 17 April 2005. During this period, 82,000 badges were issued; however, detailed records of monthly application numbers were not kept.
Since 18 April 2005, the Veterans Agency has been responsible for the Badge’s administration. During this period, it has received 300,493 applications and issued 277,465 badges. The applications have been received as follows:
Application 2005 April 2,453 May 11,117 June 8,459 July 9,742 August 6,786 September 8,099 October 8,389 November 9,295 December 18,826 2006 January 19,322 February 20,762 March 18,700 April 13,378 May 13,455 June 19,091 July 20,581 August 19,132 September 15,007 October 14,345 November 23,051 December 20,503
The databases for the scheme do not have the capability to extract records of applicants by individual parliamentary constituencies.