Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under which categorisation of discharge from the UK Armed Forces a service man or woman would lose entitlement to their pension.

There is not a defined category of discharge from the UK Armed Forces that would automatically result in the loss of entitlement to any of the three schemes AFPS 75, AFPS 05 or AFPS 15.

The circumstances that result in forfeiture under all three schemes AFPS 75, AFPS 05 and AFPS 15 apply to serving personnel who are active members of the scheme, those who have already left and have a deferred pension or are already in receipt of pension where the pension scheme member:

(a) is convicted of treason or one or more offences under the Official Secrets Acts for which

the member has been sentenced on the same occasion-

(i) to a term of imprisonment of at least 10 years; or

(ii) to two or more consecutive terms amounting in the aggregate to at least 10 years;

(b) is convicted of an offence in connection with the service that qualifies the member to

belong to the Scheme which the Defence Council considers to have been gravely

injurious to the defence, security or other interests of the State; or

(c) has after becoming a member of the Scheme incurred a monetary obligation to the Crown

which-

(i) arises out of a criminal, negligent or fraudulent act or omission by the member; or

(ii) arises out of or in connection with the member's service in the armed forces.