Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the support given to service personnel who retired from the UK armed forces before 1975.

The Treasury is aware of this issue. We understand and sympathise with the position that these veterans find themselves in. Prior to 1975 there were no rights to preserved pensions in any public or private pension schemes. It has been the policy of successive governments not to make retrospective changes to pension schemes.

This Government remains committed to providing support to veterans, demonstrated by the publication of the first ever UK-wide Strategy for our Veterans in 2018 and the creation of the Office of Veterans’ Affairs in 2019.