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Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces

Asked by Liz Saville RobertsPlaid CymruDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 11 July 2025UIN 65835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding military compensation as income across the social security system.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 8 July 2025 to question UIN 63814

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