Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the guideline period is in which an application for an armed forces pension should be (a) processed and (b) delivered; and how many applications have exceeded that guideline period to date.

The guideline period in which an application for an armed forces pension should be processed and delivered is:

Awards are to be calculated, authorised and payment instructions established for entitled individuals within 10 working days of the termination date or receipt of all documentation, whichever is the later. Only one application exceeded that guideline period for the year 2013-14, with none this year to end July 2014