| Heading: |
Pension Credit: Armed Forces |
| Question ID: |
1813249 |
| UIN: |
60399 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5177 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ann Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Ann Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review its policy on defining military compensation as income in Pension Credit means tests. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
The first £10 of any War Pension payment or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) award made due to injury or disablement is disregarded in Pension Credit. Income is calculated on a weekly basis, so the disregard is £10 per week. Four additions to the W... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |