Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

(asked on 16th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, how many claims for noise-related hearing loss were settled between 2015 to 2019; and what the total amount of compensation paid out through that scheme was for those claims.


Answered by
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Johnny Mercer
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
This question was answered on 21st July 2020

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is considered under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS).

Between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2019, under the AFCS, 797 claims were awarded for NIHL. As at 31 May 2020, £5,868,720.00 had been awarded in lump sums and £1,023,931.00 in Guaranteed Income Payments.

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