Question follow-through · 2911
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current (a) average and (b) maximum waiting times are for the processing of War Pension Service and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 13 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
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current (a) average and (b) maximum waiting times are for the processing of War Pension Service and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The (a) average and (b) maximum waiting times for the processing of War Pension Service and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims as at 15 May 2026 can be found below. Clearance times relate to the number of working days between the Ministry of Defence ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
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Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any additional operational capacity has been introduced to address backlogs in War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims following the IT transition.