| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Veterans |
| Question ID: |
1745258 |
| UIN: |
16657 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5068 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Shivani Raja
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Shivani Raja
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting Armed Forces personnel in receipt of Government compensation from means-tested benefits. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit. The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employment a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |