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.
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.