Question follow-through · 74921
Veterans: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason outstanding pension payments to veterans under the McCloud Pension Remedy are being delayed.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
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- Military Operations: Parliamentary Scrutiny · 20 Feb 2026
- Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions · 20 Apr 2026
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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
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason outstanding pension payments to veterans under the McCloud Pension Remedy are being delayed.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The implementation of the McCloud Pension Remedy represents one of the most complex undertakings ever associated with Public Sector Pension Schemes, affecting over three million individuals Within the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, the scale of delivery and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Veterans: Mental Health Services
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of mental health support to veterans.
Military Operations: International Law
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure that military operations conducted from facilities in the UK are compliant with international law.
Iran: RAF Fairford
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a request from the United States Government to use RAF Fairford to conduct air strikes against Iran.
Military Operations: Parliamentary Scrutiny
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will commit to seeking prior parliamentary approval before permitting foreign military operations to be launched from UK air bases, including RAF Fairford.
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to clear the backlog of outstanding Remediable Service Statements under the McCloud remedy; and what revised timetable he has set for impacted Armed Forces personnel to receive
RAF Fairford: Noise
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of commissioning a Military Aviation Noise Contour assessment for RAF Fairford in line with Joint Services Publication 418; and if he will make a st