Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

(asked on 24th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the clearance time for War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims in each month since May 2022.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 6th March 2023

The below table details the average clearance time for first claims under the War Pension Scheme and initial injury or illness claims under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for each calendar month between May and December 2022 (latest data available).

Table 1: Average (mean) clearance times and number of claims for first disablement claims1 cleared under the War Pension Scheme and Injury/Illness claims2 cleared under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, in working days, by calendar month3

May 2022

Jun 2022

Jul 2022

Aug 2022

Sep 2022

Oct 2022

Nov 2022

Dec 2022

War Pension Scheme

Number of claims4

130

185

105

180

130

125

190

145

Mean clearance time

135

161

158

165

161

181

163

152

Armed Forces
Compensation Scheme

Number of claims4

470

460

395

420

405

630

575

445

Mean clearance time

79

86

95

100

105

95

109

97

1 May 2022 – 31 December 2022

Source: War Pension Computer System (WPCS) and Compensation and Pension System (CAPS)

  1. War Pension Scheme first disablement claims.
  2. Armed Forces Compensation Scheme initial Injury/Illness claims.
  3. By calendar month in which the claim was cleared.
  4. In line with the JSP 200 directive on statistical disclosure control, figures for 'Number of claims' have been rounded to the nearest five.
  5. Figures are provisional until the release of the 22/23 claims information in the relevant National Statistic in June 2023
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