| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Personal Independence Payment |
| Question ID: |
1794686 |
| UIN: |
45883 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4783 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kate Osborne
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Kate Osborne
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the criteria for Armed Forces Independence Payments to include veterans with service-related mental health conditions who may be impacted by chan |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
Veterans with service-related mental health conditions may, depending on the severity of their condition, already be eligible for Armed Forces Independence Payments. Officials in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministry of Defence continue ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |