Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 46001
Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
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 her Department will review the treatment of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in means-tested bene
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe 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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