Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49214
Personal Independence Payment: Veterans
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support veterans who were advised to claim Personal Independence Payment instead of Armed Forces Independence Payment.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsVeterans are able to access the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), which provides compensation for injury or illness caused or made worse by Service on or after 6 April 2005. For serious injuries and illness, the AFCS provides a tax-free index-linke...
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