§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many veterans of the armed services have made applications for skilled nursing care; and how many of these have been successful in the last five years; [74252]
(2) how many veterans of the second world war have had nursing care paid by the War Pensions Agency in the last five years. [74253]
§ Dr. MoonieThe Veterans Agency administers the War Pensions Scheme, including discretionary payments for skilled nursing care where this is required due to disablement for which a war pension has been awarded.
The following information shows the number of applications for skilled nursing care payments made by 554W war disablement pensioners in the last five financial years and the number of these that were successful:
Year Applications Successful 1997–1998 197 104 1998–1999 132 52 1999–2000 85 23 2000–2001 34 1 2001–2002 51 15 Total 499 195 Separate records are not held for Second World War veterans in relation to skilled nursing care.