Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to review its policy on compensation for war widows who have already surrendered a pension on remarriage or cohabitation; and if she will make a statement.

We recognise the unique commitment that Service families make to our country and remain sympathetic to the circumstances of this group of widows. The case for the reinstatement of War Widows' Pensions for those widows who had remarried or cohabited before 1 April 2015 is being considered.