| Heading: |
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Means-tested Benefits |
| Question ID: |
1814077 |
| UIN: |
60923 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4673 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jo Platt
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| Asking Member handle: |
JoPlattLeigh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JoPlattLeigh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme will be categorised as income for means-tested benefits. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| 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 an... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |