Question follow-through · 32705

Veterans: Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting military compensation as income to ensure that veterans can still qualify for Pension Credit.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 27 Feb 2025 · 6 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

21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting military compensation as income to ensure that veterans can still qualify for Pension Credit.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2025
Answer published
I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 18 November 2024 to question UIN 14156. 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. Inco...

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