Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 51114
Social Security Benefits: Veterans
Tabled: 9 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025
Question
David Mundell
Conservative — Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial reparations to LGBT veterans are not considered in assessments for benefit entitlement.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsFinancial recognition payments made to LGBT veterans as part of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme are not taken into account in the assessment of DWP means-tested benefits. The Department has legislated to disregard these payments and issued guidance ...
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