Question follow-through · 1970

Victims' Payments Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Victims Payments Board in Northern Ireland on the eligibility deadline for the backdated lump sum payment of the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
30 Jul 2024
Answer
1 Aug 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Victims Payments Board in Northern Ireland on the eligibility deadline for the backdated lump sum payment of the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.

  2. 30 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    In view of concerns raised by stakeholders that some potential applicants could lose out on backdated payments, I have decided to extend the date for which backdated payments can be made from the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme by two years,...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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