United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 63814
Means-tested Benefits: Veterans
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30 June 2025
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8 July 2025 · Answer
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8 July 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of different approaches to the treatment of military compensation payments across welfare benefits means tests on claimants.
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30 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of different approaches to the treatment of military compensation payments across welfare benefits means tests on claimants.
Source: Commons
8 July 2025
Answer
The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit (UC). The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employm...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-30/63814
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1817841
- uk · wq-1817841 · source updated 8 July 2025