Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
2026-05-18 · Ministry of Defence · 2839 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average it takes for applications to be completed for a) the War Pension Scheme and b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
Answer
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes annual statistics for the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) on the GOV.UK website. The following tables show the average and median clearance times for applications/appeals to be c...