| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions |
| Question ID: |
1760353 |
| UIN: |
27653 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5150 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Samantha Niblett
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Samantha Niblett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending pension entitlements to Army reservists who were excluded from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme between July 2000 and March 2015. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
Following legal advice, the Ministry of Defence has lodged an appeal against the Milroy employment tribunal ruling. We are unable to comment further on the payment of military reservist pensions for pre-2015 service whilst the appeal is ongoing. |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |