Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of payouts under the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of mental ill health has been in each year since 2010.

It is not possible to provide the value of payouts under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) to forces personnel and veterans on the grounds of mental ill health as the information requested is not held in a format that would enable us to easily answer the question and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The AFPS is primarily an occupational pension scheme where pension payments may be enhanced where a Service person is medically discharged with a condition caused by Service. The Pension scheme computer system does not hold details of the medical condition for which the enhanced pension is being paid.