Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications (a) submitted and (b) denied for the War Pension were overturned on appeal.

During the Financial Year 2024-25, 7,867 War pension disablement claims were registered.

During the Financial Year 2024-25, 3,510 first or second claims were cleared. Of these, 320 claims were unsuccessful.

During the Financial Year 2024-25, 125 disablement claims initially unsuccessful/rejected were cleared at Tribunal. Of these 40 were allowed (overturned).

All data is reported in the War Pensions Scheme Accredited Official Statistic and can be found at the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/war-pensions-scheme-statistics-2025