Armed Forces: Pensions
(asked on 12th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on British army pensions in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 18th March 2015
The information in the table below has been extracted from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme Annual Accounts and shows how much was spent on British Army pensions in each of the last three financial years.
| £ million | Pensions | Lump Sums | Widows/ Dependants | Total |
| 2013-14 | 1,450.8 | 330.6 | 1,48.6 | 1,930.0 |
| 2012-13 | 1,443.1 | 307.3 | 1,47.2 | 1,897.6 |
| 2011-12 | 1.364.01 | 263.4 | 1,40.2 | 1,767.6 |
Note 1: Figure Contains Early Departure lump sum payments and Early Departure Payment ongoing payments. Later years do not include Early Departure Payment ongoing payments.