Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 3856

Veterans: Compensation and Pensions

Tabled: 2 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of veterans who were in receipt of the (a) War Disablement Pension, (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, (c) Service Invaliding Pension and (d) Service Attributable Pens

Answer

Al Carns

As at 30 June 2024, the latest date for when data is available, 78,469 veterans were in receipt of a disablement pension under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and 4,798 veterans were in receipt of a Guaranteed Income Payment (GIP) following an injury/illness...

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