Armed Forces Independence Payment

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
(Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel claimed the Armed Forces Independence Payment in each year (a) before 6 April 2005 and (b) from 6 April 2005.

Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 5th September 2017

The Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) was not introduced until 8 April 2013. The number of currently serving Armed Forces personnel who claimed AFIP in each Financial Year since that date is set out below:

Financial Year

AFIP Claimants

2013-14

36*

2014-15

5

2015-16

7

2016-17

6

Total

54

*The higher number of claimants in Financial Year 2013/14 includes those who were eligible to claim retrospectively from the date of inception of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme on 6 April 2005.

AFIP only becomes payable once an individual leaves the Armed Forces and is in receipt of a Guaranteed Income Payment of 50% or more, under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

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