Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 19 January 2026.
Jo Platt
Labour/Co-operative, Leigh and Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the treatment of injury related Armed Forces payments, including the AFPS 05 injury enhancement, in divorce and financial remedy proceedings in England and Wales.
Louise Jones
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The Armed Forces do not have separate divorce procedures applying solely to Service personnel. Any injury-related payments are valued and shared between the parties in accordance with the relevant scheme rules and general divorce law.
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