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Social Security Benefits: Veterans

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30884

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making changes to military compensation so that it is not considered as income for the purposes of calculating means-tested benefits.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 5 December 2024 to question UIN 16635.

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