Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the 2016-17 war pension rate is for (a) monthly and (b) weekly claimants.

The rates of pensions and allowances payable under the War Pensions Scheme for the financial year 2016-17 were published to the Gov.UK website on 15 December 2015, and can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/2016-war-pensions-and-allowance-rates

The 100 per cent rate of basic War Disablement Pension is £178.20 per week for 2016-17. War Pensioners may opt to have their pension paid weekly. More details can be found in Leaflet 9 via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/war-pension-scheme