Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
(asked on 20th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average passage of time is between the submission of an application for a payment under War Pensions or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and the receipt of that payment.
The time taken to process applications is spent assessing the eligibility and entitlement of the claimant. The average clearance times and targets for the War Pension Scheme (WPS) and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) as at 31 December 2021 are detailed in the table below:
Claim Type | Target Clearance Time | Average Clearance Time |
WPS Claims | 127 Days | 141 Days |
AFCS Claims | 90 Days | 90 Days |
The AFCS average clearance time is now achieving the 90-day target and WPS is expected to recover the 127-day target in February 2022. Official statistics on clearance times as at 31 March are published annually on gov.uk.