Question follow-through · 33669
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31092 on Armed Forces: Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that service members who are not eligible for pensions due to them falling under pre-1975 cr
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
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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
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31092 on Armed Forces: Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that service members who are not eligible for pensions due to them falling under pre-1975 cr
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
This is a Government of service and I am leading work across Government and with civil society to look at the best ways to ensure all Veterans get access to the support and opportunities they need and deserve. This year, we will set out our plans for Vete...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Armed Forces: Women
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Armed Forces: Women
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fully implement the recommendations of the Atherton report.
Ukraine: Satellites
28 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the level of US government control of Starlink in Ukraine.
LGBT Veterans Independent Review
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will fully implement the findings of the Etherton Review.
Armed Forces: Harassment and Sexual Offences
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with PTSD Resolution on tackling (a) harassment and (b) sexual assault in the armed forces.
USA: Defence
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK defence budget is spent on the procurement of (a) items and (b) services from the US.
USA: Defence
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) UK pays the US and (b) US pays the UK in defence-related expenditure each year.
USA: Ammunition
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what munitions the UK sources (a) directly and (b) via supply chains from the United States.
USA: Defence
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to divest from defence procurement from the US.
USA: Defence
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to comments by President Trump on support for Ukraine, whether he is taking steps to re-allocate funding to domestic (a) procurement, (b) services and (c) other defence expenditure.
USA: Procurement
4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish a breakdown of projected defence spending on US (a) goods, (b) services and (c) land rents in the next five years.
USA: Defence
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35451 on USA: Defence, what information his Department holds on (a) spending on the procurement of defence-related (i) items and (ii) services from the US and (