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| Question ID: |
1810001 |
| UIN: |
57903 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5283 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alison Bennett
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Alison Bennett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend military hearing loss compensation to veterans who were discharged before 1987. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
It is already the case that Veterans discharged before 6 April 2005 (including before 1987), who consider that damage to their hearing was caused or made worse by their Service, may be eligible to claim compensation under the terms of the War Pension Sche... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |