United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 27136
Gurkhas: Pensions
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5 July 2021
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12 July 2021 · Answer
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12 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the pensions of Gurkha veterans are equivalent to those offered to other armed service personnel.
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5 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the pensions of Gurkha veterans are equivalent to those offered to other armed service personnel.
Source: Commons
12 July 2021
Answer
The Gurkha Pension Scheme closed to new applicants in 2007 and those serving from that date, or those who chose to transfer to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, receive the same pension rates as all other armed forces service personnel.For veterans who cho...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-05/27136
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1343743
- uk · wq-1343743 · source updated 12 July 2021