Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 192457

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

Tabled: 4 July 2023

Answered: 10 July 2023

Named Day

Question

Rachel Hopkins

Labour — Luton South and South Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department deducted from welfare benefits as a result of (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions Scheme payments being considered as income in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2

Answer

War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments are not taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account...

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