Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 46000

Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3854 on Pension Credit: Armed Forces, if she will review the treatment of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in means-tested welfare benefit

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit. The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employment a...

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