§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications for entitlements for War Disability Pensions and War Widow(er)s Pensions are held pending by the Veterans Agency of the MoD; and how many applications were processed during the first quarter of 2003. [117808]
§ Dr. MoonieAs at 31 May 2003 the Veterans Agency had 5,232 first and further condition entitlement claims for war disablement pension pending. There were also 221 applications for War Widow(er)s Pension pending.
During the period 1 January to 31 March 2003 the Veterans Agency processed 5,927 claims in respect of disablement and 686 claims for War Widow(er)s Pension.