Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for post-traumatic stress disorder were settled between 2015 to 2019; and how much compensation has been paid out through that scheme for those claims.
Between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2019, under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, 2,087 claims were awarded for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. As at 31 May 2020, £25,294,008.00 had been awarded in lump sums and £9,031,098 in Guaranteed Income Payments.