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Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the number of service personnel in receipt of social security benefits in each of the last five years. [77449]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Except in a limited number of circumstances, for example, when personnel are serving overseas, entitlement to DSS benefits is normally a matter between individual service personnel and the DSS, to which claims are made direct. Therefore, my Department has no overview of the extent of benefits being claimed by service personnel.