Q. War Widows: Pensions

(asked on 15th January 2018) - View Source

Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the war widow(er) pension payment rates will be for the 2018-19 financial year.

Tobias Ellwood

This question was answered on 18th January 2018

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS402 dated 15 January 2018.

The war widow(er) pension payment rates for the next financial year are as follows:

2018 RATES

Widow(er)s Benefits

widow(er) - other ranks (basic with children) (weekly amount)

140.60

widow(er) - officer higher rate (basic with children) (£ per annum)

7,477.00

childless widow(er), Under age 40 (other ranks) (weekly amount)

33.67

widow(er)- officer lower rate (£ per annum)

2,597.00

supplementary pension

94.05

Age Allowance

(a) age 65 to 69

16.00

(b) age 70 to 79

30.80

45.70

Children’s Allowance

first child

22.05

subsequent children

24.70

Orphan’s Pension

first child

25.25

subsequent children

27.60

adult orphan’s pension (maximum)

108.05

On 16 January 2018 they were also published on gov.uk: