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Social Security Benefits: Veterans

Asked by Jonathan DaviesLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 37032

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the inclusion of military compensation as income in the means-testing criteria for 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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