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Written statement made by Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour) on Monday, 29 September 2008 in the House of Lords, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Compensation Scheme

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Derek Twigg) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. It has been brought to my attention that replies I gave on 14 May 2008, (Official Report, Commons, col. 1578W) to the honourable Member for North Devon (Mr Harvey) and on 6 June 2008, (Official Report, Commons, col. 1182W) to the honourable Member for Woodspring (Dr Fox) over-reported the percentage and number of rejected claims made under the Armed Forces compensation scheme. The original data and subsequent revisions are shown in the tables below.

Table 1: Previously released and revised AFCS rejection percentages (excluding medical discharges)
2005-06 2006-07 Apr 07-Dec 07
Released percentages of rejections 40% 36% 45%
Revised percentages of rejections 40% 36% 37%
Table 2: Previously released and revised AFCS rejection figures
2005-06 2006-07 Apr 07-Dec 07
Released percentages of rejections 165 745 740
Revised percentages of rejections 165 740 590

Secondary information

Type
Written statement
Reference
703 c172WS 
Session
2007-08
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Notes
Statement received between Tuesday 16 September and Monday 22 September 2008.
Subjects
Compensation Armed forces Armed forces compensation scheme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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