Question follow-through · 17658

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans with amputations or other permanent injuries were reassessed for disability-related benefits in each of the last three years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans with amputations or other permanent injuries were reassessed for disability-related benefits in each of the last three years.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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