The Government should extend the application of the Armed Forces Covenant so that all Government departments and the devolved administrations are required to give due regard to the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. As the current duty of ‘due regard’ is inconsistently interpreted, the extended duty must be accompanied by clear guidance so that the duty is clearly understood and is not treated as a tick-box exercise. (Recommendation, Paragraph 29)

The Government should extend the application of the Armed Forces Covenant so that all Government departments and the devolved administrations are required to give due regard to the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant. As the current duty of ‘due regard’ is inconsistently interpreted, the extended duty must be accompanied by clear guidance so that the duty is clearly understood and is not treated as a tick-box exercise. (Recommendation, Paragraph 29) Type: recommendation | Number: 7 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The MOD agrees with the conclusion at Paragraph 28 and accepts the recommendation at Paragraph 29. It has been government policy since 2011 for HMG to implement the Covenant principles when making relevant policies and decisions. However, in practice, this policy has sometimes been inconsistently ap