Written questions

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 104072 · Tabled 7 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Pension Scheme payments have been (a) delayed and (b) unpaid in the last five years, where the recipient’s entitlement is manually calculated by his Department.

Answer

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 13 Jan 2026

This information is not held. All Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) pensions are processed using Ministry of Defence approved calculators. The only manual interaction involved in the process is the input of specific criteria, such as service dates and da...