HC Deb 26 October 2001 vol 373 c406W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former service men who served in the Gulf are in receipt of war pensions; and if he will indicate the rank of the pensioner and the number in receipt of pensions who were injured by enemy action. [7101]

Dr. Moonie

As at 31 August, 4,111 awards of disablement pension had been made to Gulf War Veterans, although of these, only 1,038 were awarded for Gulf-related illnesses. The remaining 3,073 were for conditions that either occurred during the Gulf veterans' service career elsewhere than the Gulf or were for conditions not particular to the Gulf.

Statistics are not held on either the former rank of the war disablement pensioner or whether the award of the pension was as a result of enemy action.