Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 82730

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a centralised policy on the treatment of veterans’ compensation when assessing eligibility for welfare benefits.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 8 July 63814