Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many outstanding cases his Department is currently dealing with on disputes over applications for war pensions.
As at 11 November 2019 there were 588 War Pension appeals in progress, of which 212 are waiting for a tribunal hearing date. Tribunal hearing dates are not set by the Ministry of Defence.
War Pensions Scheme statistics are published annually on the GOV.UK website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/war-pension-recipients-index