United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 8470
Veterans: Pain
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9 June 2026
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17 June 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions to (i) recognise and (ii) compensate veterans with diagnosed chronic pain
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9 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions to (i) recognise and (ii) compensate veterans with diagnosed chronic pain
Source: Commons
17 June 2026
Answer
The Ministry of Defence has assessed that both the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) and the War Pension Scheme (WPS) already provide compensation for pain and suffering as part of a holistic assessment of service-attributable injury or illness. Und...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-09/8470
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1914404
- uk · wq-1914404 · source updated 17 June 2026