To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many veterans have received funding under the Heroes Return 2 scheme. (278307)

[holding answer 8 June 2009]: Through the Big Lottery Fund’s Heroes Return 2 programme 1,184 veterans have received funding. This funding has offered WW2 veterans from the UK, Channel Islands and Republic of Ireland the opportunity to visit the places where they saw active service or to take part in an official commemoration in the UK.