Question follow-through · 57903
Veterans: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend military hearing loss compensation to veterans who were discharged before 1987.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 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
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend military hearing loss compensation to veterans who were discharged before 1987.
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
It is already the case that Veterans discharged before 6 April 2005 (including before 1987), who consider that damage to their hearing was caused or made worse by their Service, may be eligible to claim compensation under the terms of the War Pension Sche...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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