Question follow-through · 14156
Pension Credit: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding military compensation payments when calculating pension credit eligibility and awards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding military compensation payments when calculating pension credit eligibility and awards.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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