Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on compensation via the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions scheme for serving former service personnel for hearing loss in each year since 2010.
The amounts spent on compensation via the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and the War Pensions Scheme on individual conditions is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.