Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45882
Means-tested Benefits: Veterans
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kate Osborne
Labour — Jarrow and Gateshead East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 38671 on Means-tested Benefits: Veterans, whether her Department has considered requiring local authorities to disregard payments from the (a) Armed F
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsHousing Benefit regulations permit local authorities to disregard beyond the standard disregard of £10 a week the whole or part of any war disablement pensions, war widow’s pensions, war widower’s pensions and guaranteed income payments under the Armed Fo...
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