United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 500
Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces
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17 July 2024
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25 July 2024 · Answer
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Defence
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25 July 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme awards are not counted as income for the purpose of calculating (i) benefits and (ii) pensions.
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17 July 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme awards are not counted as income for the purpose of calculating (i) benefits and (ii) pensions.
Source: Commons
25 July 2024
Answer
There are no plans to change the ways in which War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards interact with State Pensions and benefits. They are already fully ignored in the State Pension and in Universal Credit. The first £10 per week o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-07-17/500
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1721785
- uk · wq-1721785 · source updated 25 July 2024