Armed Forces Independence Payment

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 5 September 2017.

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Photo of Jo Churchill Jo Churchill Conservative, Bury St Edmunds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel claimed the Armed Forces Independence Payment in each year (a) before 6 April 2005 and (b) from 6 April 2005.

Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

The Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) was not introduced until 8 April 2013. The number of currently serving Armed Forces personnel who claimed AFIP in each Financial Year since that date is set out below:

Financial Year

AFIP Claimants

2013-14

36*

2014-15

5

2015-16

7

2016-17

6

Total

54

*The higher number of claimants in Financial Year 2013/14 includes those who were eligible to claim retrospectively from the date of inception of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme on 6 April 2005.

AFIP only becomes payable once an individual leaves the Armed Forces and is in receipt of a Guaranteed Income Payment of 50% or more, under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

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