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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-03-20more like thismore than 2023-03-20
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Injuries: Compensation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injury compensation claims submitted to his Department in the UK by (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians (i) have been accepted and (ii) are pending more than (A) 6 and (B) 12 months after submission. more like this
tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
tabling member printed
Dan Jarvis remove filter
uin 169300 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-28more like thismore than 2023-03-28
answer text <p>There have been 31 claims to the Ex-Gratia Medical Payments Scheme in the last 10 years that have been either accepted or are pending. We are working on ways to resolve those pending claims as swiftly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The 31 claims are broken down as follows:</p><p>· There are 20 former interpreters who have an outstanding claim, or who have appealed the original decision not to award them a payment under the Ex-Gratia Medical Payments Scheme. Some of the outstanding claims relate to injuries sustained more than ten years ago.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Of the 20 former interpreters who have an outstanding claim, three were submitted within the last six months. The remaining 17 are pending more than 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Eleven former interpreters who worked directly for HMG in Afghanistan and now reside in the UK have made claims within the last 10 years, which have been settled. Our records show that, of those settled cases, eight claims were made in 2018, one made in 2019 and two made in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no claims for other locally employed civilians during the last 10 years.</p>
answering member constituency Wells more like this
answering member printed James Heappey more like this
grouped question UIN 169301 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-28T11:03:40.44Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-28T11:03:40.44Z
answering member
4528
label Biography information for James Heappey more like this
tabling member
4243
label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this