Question follow-through · 27653
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending pension entitlements to Army reservists who were excluded from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme between July 2000 and March 2015.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Gurkhas: Pensions · 4 Feb 2025
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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
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending pension entitlements to Army reservists who were excluded from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme between July 2000 and March 2015.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
Following legal advice, the Ministry of Defence has lodged an appeal against the Milroy employment tribunal ruling. We are unable to comment further on the payment of military reservist pensions for pre-2015 service whilst the appeal is ongoing.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gurkhas: Pensions
4 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on granting retrospective pension arrangements to Gurkha veterans who served in the armed forces.