Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 94540

Ulster Defence Regiment: Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons part-time members of the Ulster Defence Regiment were not eligible for a pension under the terms of service at the time of their employment; and whether the Department has made any assessment of

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones
Full time members of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) had an automatic entitlement to become members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS). Part-time members of the UDR were engaged under different terms to full- time, regular members of the Regiment...

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