Question follow-through · 82730

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a centralised policy on the treatment of veterans’ compensation when assessing eligibility for welfare benefits.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a centralised policy on the treatment of veterans’ compensation when assessing eligibility for welfare benefits.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 8 July 63814

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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