Question follow-through · 28386
Social Security Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding military compensation from income calculation when determining eligibility for (a) Universal Credit and (b) sickness benefits.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding military compensation from income calculation when determining eligibility for (a) Universal Credit and (b) sickness benefits.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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10 Feb 2025
Answer published
War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments are not taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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