Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department has received from ex-service personnel about the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

The number of complaints received from ex-Service personnel about the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme could be provided only at disproportionate cost as each complaint would need to be examined to determine if the individual was ex-Service, and their complaint was about the Scheme rather than their personal award.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 September 2015 to Question 9008 to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Madeleine Moon). Between 6 April 2005, and 31 March 2015, (the latest data currently available) 1,345 former Service personnel registered an additional or exceptional claim, reconsideration or appeal following an initial compensation award under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

In addition between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015, the Veterans UK customer service team received a total of 41 complaints relating to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

From 1 April 2010 the (earliest date data is available) to 31 March 2015, I received a total of 158 letters from MPs on behalf of their constituents, for which the subject matter was the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. However, this correspondence cannot be broken down in to Serving or ex-Serving personnel, nor can it be broken down by correspondence type such as complaint, claim or enquiry.