Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces
Commons · Question 46000 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3854 on Pension Credit: Armed Forces, if she will review the treatment of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in means-tested welfare benefit
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 28 Apr 2025
The receipt of War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) awards is already fully ignored when calculating eligibility for Universal Credit. The first £10 per week of a War Pension or AFCS award is disregarded in: income-related Employment a...