Armed Forces: Pensions
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 5 October 2009
Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans she has to review the operation of the War Pensions Scheme.
Bill Rammell (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence; Harlow, Labour)
holding answer
I have been asked to reply.
Responsibility for the War Pensions Scheme was passed from the Department of Work and Pensions to the Ministry of Defence in 2000.
The scheme is kept under constant review and in June 2007, a Stewardship review, which includes the management and administration of the scheme, was announced to the Central Advisory Committee on Pensions and Compensation (CAC), the statutory body for matters relating to war pensions, made up of representatives of ex-service organisations. A package of amendments was made to the scheme in April 2009, mainly to ease administration or correct anomalies in certain areas.
The CAC will be fully consulted if any further changes to the scheme are proposed.