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1723770

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will end the treatment of military compensation as income for the purpose of welfare benefit means tests.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	1911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer to question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-07-17/500" target="_blank">500</a>, given on the 25 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 02/08/2024 11:26:04 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1612422

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) former military personnel his Department has confirmed as eligible for compensation from his Department for injuries related to (i) hearing loss and (ii) other ENT issues arising from their service in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	181712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The number of awards made under either the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) or the War Pension Scheme (WPS) in relation to ‘other injuries related to the ear, nose and throat (ENT)’ is not held due to the broad nature of this area and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), service personnel who medically discharge and meet certain criteria are automatically considered for compensation. Table 1 shows the number of UK Regular Armed Forces medical discharges with hearing loss listed as the principal ICD-10 cause code on the FMed 23 Medical Board Report.</p><p>Please note that these figures are the minimum number of Veterans eligible, as those claiming for hearing loss may have been medically discharged for another reason. For both AFCS and WPS there are circumstances where hearing loss may be considered as one of a number of contributory causes resulting in medical discharge.</p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Regular Armed Forces medical discharges with hearing loss listed as the principal ICD-10 cause code, by financial year, numbers</strong></p><p>1 April 2010 to 31 March 2022,</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>[c]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Sources: Joint Personnel administration System (JPA), FMed 23, Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) </strong></p><p>1. Includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines</p><p>2. In line with the JSP 200 directive on statistical disclosure control, numbers fewer than 5 have been suppressed ([c]).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/04/2023 14:46:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1383606

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Ministry of Defence has paid in mental health compensation to (1) armed forces personnel, and (2) veterans, in each year from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Tunnicliffe
uin	HL4588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 14/12/2021 14:49:54 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3671 label Biography information for Lord Tunnicliffe

1240977

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to assist injured members of the British Armed Forces including the Ulster Defence Regiment and their relatives to claim from the Victims' Payment Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government understands the need to support potential applicants, which is why the Victims Payments regulations make it clear that the Board is required to have regard to the need to prioritise, and be responsive to, the victims of Troubles-related incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations are also clear that for any person making an application, or considering whether to make an application, the Victim’s Payments Board must make arrangements for facilitating access to advice and support, and help victims obtain evidence necessary to support the claim.</p><p> </p><p>These support provisions will be available to all individuals applying for the scheme, including members of the Armed Forces - in addition to existing pension and compensation schemes which provide support for the Armed Forces, veterans and their families, such as the War Pension scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for delivery of the scheme, and will want to be as open as possible with the public about preparations and progress. We will continue to prioritise supporting the Executive’s delivery of this scheme.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/10/2020 15:09:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1238247

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill will have on the ability of service personnel and their families to claim compensation when knowledge of their medical condition pre-dates by more than six years the emergence of evidence that those personnel were exposed to the risk of medical harm while serving in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Bill introduces an absolute limit of six years for claims for personal injury or death arising from overseas military operations. It remains the case that the time limit can be calculated from either the date of the incident, or from the date of knowledge. A claimant's date of knowledge is the date on which they first had knowledge that their injury was significant and attributable to a negligent act or omission by an identifiable defendant. Outside of the time limit, the courts will not be able to allow claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This measure will not prevent Service personnel and veterans, or their families, from bringing claims against the MOD in connection with overseas operations within a reasonable timeframe, which most have done historically anyway. As set out in the Impact Assessment for the Bill, published on 17 September, we estimate the vast majority (94 per cent) of relevant claims by Service personnel and veterans are already brought within six years. We expect that a proportion of the claims brought after six years in the past would be brought sooner in the future to avoid being caught by the new absolute time limit for claims.</p><p> </p><p>We won't comment on individual cases that may have been outside of the time limit, had this Bill been in effect. However, to help minimise the risk that individuals run out of time to make a claim, we will ensure that everyone in the Armed Forces Community who might be impacted by these new measures is fully aware of this legislation and the time available for them to make a claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96016 96020 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:43:11 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238248

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill will have on the ability of service personnel and their families to claim compensation when knowledge of their medical condition pre-dates by more than six years the proof of a link between that medical condition and the service undertaken by those personnel in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Bill introduces an absolute limit of six years for claims for personal injury or death arising from overseas military operations. It remains the case that the time limit can be calculated from either the date of the incident, or from the date of knowledge. A claimant's date of knowledge is the date on which they first had knowledge that their injury was significant and attributable to a negligent act or omission by an identifiable defendant. Outside of the time limit, the courts will not be able to allow claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This measure will not prevent Service personnel and veterans, or their families, from bringing claims against the MOD in connection with overseas operations within a reasonable timeframe, which most have done historically anyway. As set out in the Impact Assessment for the Bill, published on 17 September, we estimate the vast majority (94 per cent) of relevant claims by Service personnel and veterans are already brought within six years. We expect that a proportion of the claims brought after six years in the past would be brought sooner in the future to avoid being caught by the new absolute time limit for claims.</p><p> </p><p>We won't comment on individual cases that may have been outside of the time limit, had this Bill been in effect. However, to help minimise the risk that individuals run out of time to make a claim, we will ensure that everyone in the Armed Forces Community who might be impacted by these new measures is fully aware of this legislation and the time available for them to make a claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96015 96020 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:43:11 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238249

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the families of service personnel who have died from conditions related to radiation exposure will have the right, under the terms of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, to claim compensation, in the event that documents revealing the exposure of those personnel to radiation during the course of their service emerge more than six years after their death.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Nuclear Test Veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to their service have the right to apply for no-fault compensation under the War Pensions Scheme.</p><p>The limitation longstops in Part 2 of the Overseas Operations Bill will apply only to tort claims for personal injury and death, and claims under the Human Rights Act, in relation to overseas operations, which are brought after the provisions come into force. The six-year limitation longstops will therefore have no impact on claims under the War Pensions scheme, which includes disablement and death benefits.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96018 96019 96021 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:44:00 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238250

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill will have on the ability of the offspring of service personnel to claim compensation for genetic mutations, deformities and related illnesses in the event that knowledge of those conditions pre-dates by more than six years the proof of a link between those conditions and the exposure of the service personnel from whom they are descended to radiation.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Nuclear Test Veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to their service have the right to apply for no-fault compensation under the War Pensions Scheme.</p><p>The limitation longstops in Part 2 of the Overseas Operations Bill will apply only to tort claims for personal injury and death, and claims under the Human Rights Act, in relation to overseas operations, which are brought after the provisions come into force. The six-year limitation longstops will therefore have no impact on claims under the War Pensions scheme, which includes disablement and death benefits.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96017 96019 96021 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:44:00 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238252

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a schedule of examples based on previous cases where the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill would allow service personnel and their families to claim compensation for medical conditions suffered as a result of their service, alongside cases where knowledge of those conditions six years prior to a claim would disallow its submission.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Bill introduces an absolute limit of six years for claims for personal injury or death arising from overseas military operations. It remains the case that the time limit can be calculated from either the date of the incident, or from the date of knowledge. A claimant's date of knowledge is the date on which they first had knowledge that their injury was significant and attributable to a negligent act or omission by an identifiable defendant. Outside of the time limit, the courts will not be able to allow claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This measure will not prevent Service personnel and veterans, or their families, from bringing claims against the MOD in connection with overseas operations within a reasonable timeframe, which most have done historically anyway. As set out in the Impact Assessment for the Bill, published on 17 September, we estimate the vast majority (94 per cent) of relevant claims by Service personnel and veterans are already brought within six years. We expect that a proportion of the claims brought after six years in the past would be brought sooner in the future to avoid being caught by the new absolute time limit for claims.</p><p> </p><p>We won't comment on individual cases that may have been outside of the time limit, had this Bill been in effect. However, to help minimise the risk that individuals run out of time to make a claim, we will ensure that everyone in the Armed Forces Community who might be impacted by these new measures is fully aware of this legislation and the time available for them to make a claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96015 96016 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:43:11 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1238253

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the medical and scientific case to exempt claims arising from exposure to radiation from the scope of the six year rule set out in the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, given the particular nature and past history of said claims.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	96021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Nuclear Test Veterans who believe they have suffered ill health due to their service have the right to apply for no-fault compensation under the War Pensions Scheme.</p><p>The limitation longstops in Part 2 of the Overseas Operations Bill will apply only to tort claims for personal injury and death, and claims under the Human Rights Act, in relation to overseas operations, which are brought after the provisions come into force. The six-year limitation longstops will therefore have no impact on claims under the War Pensions scheme, which includes disablement and death benefits.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 96017 96018 96019 question first answered 06/10/2020 13:44:01 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry