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Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Means-tested Benefits

Asked by David ReedConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 July 2026UIN 17657

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of treating Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments as income for means-tested benefit assessments.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1st July 2026 to Question UIN 12993.

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