Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 500

Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces

Tabled: 17 July 2024

Answered: 25 July 2024

Question

Andrew Bowie

Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme awards are not counted as income for the purpose of calculating (i) benefits and (ii) pensions.

Answer

Andrew Western

There are no plans to change the ways in which War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards interact with State Pensions and benefits. They are already fully ignored in the State Pension and in Universal Credit. The first £10 per week o...

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