Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Appeals

(asked on 12th May 2022) - View Source
Questioner
Stephanie Peacock Portrait
Stephanie Peacock
(Labour - Barnsley East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel and veterans are undertaking an appeal against a Veterans UK decision regarding an application to (a) AFCS and (b) War Pensions.

Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 18th May 2022

The number of Service personnel and veterans undertaking an appeal against a Veterans UK decision regarding an application to AFCS as at 30 April 2022 is 1,692 (358 on hand with Veterans UK and 1,334 outstanding at HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS)).

The number of Service personnel and veterans undertaking an appeal against a Veterans UK decision regarding an application under the War Pension Scheme as at 30 April 2022 is 1,158 (397 on hand with Veterans UK and 761 outstanding at HMCTS).

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