Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for payments under the (a) War Pensions and (b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme were made in each year from 2010.
The number of disablement claims registered under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and the number of injury/illness claims registered under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2020-21 is presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Registered Disablement1 claims under the War Pension Scheme and Registered Injury/Illness claims under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, by financial year2, numbers- 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2021
Financial Year | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
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War Pension Scheme | 13,819 | 12,330 | 11,840 | 11,878 | 12,149 | 11,043 |
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Armed Forces Compensation Scheme3,4 | 5,302 | 6,527 | 7,305 | 7,774 | 8,699 | 8,964 |
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Financial Year | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | Total |
War Pension Scheme | 10,496 | 9,065 | 8,998 | 8,865 | 8,441 | 4,774 | 123,968 |
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme3,4 | 9,246 | 9,087 | 9,457 | 8,842 | 8,059 | 5,300 | 94,562 |
Source: War Pension Computer System (WPCS) and Compensation and Pension System (CAPS)
1. Disablement claims include both First and Second/Subsequent claims.
2. By financial year of claim registered.
3. Injury/Illness claims registered by the service person. Survivors’ Claims are not included in this response.
4. These figures exclude registered events which end up being cancelled or withdrawn. However, there were 1,703 registered initial injury/illness claims which were pending as at 31 March 2021, many of which may end up being removed.