Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the armed forces who were discharged on medical ground secured on appeal an increased lump sum payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each of the last three years; and what the (a) average and (b) greatest change in such payments was in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms in each such year.

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.