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Written question asked by Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 24 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 June 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Friday, 3 July 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Combat Stress

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has provided to each Combat Stress centre for providing treatment to war pensioners in each of the last 10 years; and how many pensioners have been treated at each such centre.
Original answer

Funds are provided through the War Pensions Scheme's discretionary power to meet the cost of any necessary expenses in respect of medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment of ex-members of the armed forces that arise from a disablement due to service before 6 April 2005 where it is not provided for under other UK legislation. This includes the individual costs of war pensioners undergoing remedial treatment at homes run by Combat Stress for conditions related to their individual pensioned disablement and of related expenses such as travel costs. Combat Stress receives separate funding from the Scottish Executive for war pensioners' resident in Scotland who receive treatment at Hollybush House.The following table shows the funding received by Combat Stress to defray individual treatment expenses under the War Pensions Scheme for the past eight years.

Funding (£ million)
2001-02 1.2
2002-03 1.5
2003-04 1.6
2004-05 2.0
2005-06 2.3
2006-07 2.5
2007-08 3.2
2008-09 3.5

Funding figures for the previous two years and a complete breakdown of the number of war pensioners treated at each centre could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, in order to give some indication of the numbers of war pensioners receiving treatment, we can state that in financial year 2007-08 some 1,200 individuals, funded through the auspices of the War Pensions Scheme, were treated at the three Combat Stress sites.

It has since been corrected.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
495 c461W (498 1-2MC); 283075
Session
2008-09
Related items
Combat Stress
Monday, 26 October 2009
Written corrections
House of Commons
Notes
Corrected on 26 October 2009 at 498 c1-2MC.
Subjects
Finance Combat Stress
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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