Armed Forces: War Pensions The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Drayson) My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Derek Twigg) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2007 are set out in the tables below. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2007 will take place from the week beginning 9 April. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |War Pensions |Rates 2006|Rates 2007| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Disablement Pension (100 per cent rates) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |officer (£ per annum) |7,034.00 |7,290.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |other ranks |134.80 |139.70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Age allowances | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |40 per cent to 50 per cent |9.05 |9.40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |over 50 per cent but not over 70 per cent |13.85 |14.35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |over 70 per cent but not over 90 per cent |19.75 |20.45 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |over 90 per cent |27.70 |28.70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Disablement gratuity | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |specified minor injury (min.) |858.00 |889.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |specified minor injury (max.) |6,412.00 |6,643.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |unspecified minor injury (min.) |354.00 |367.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |unspecified minor injury (max.) |8,337.00 |8,637.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Unemployability allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Personal |83.35 |86.35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |adult dependency increase |46.95 |48.65 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |increase for first child |10.90 |11.30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |increase for subsequent children |12.85 |13.30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Invalidity allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |higher rate |16.50 |17.10 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |middle rate |10.60 |11.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |lower rate |5.30 |5.50 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Constant attendance allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |exceptional rate |101.80 |105.40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |intermediate rate |76.35 |79.05 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |full-day rate |50.90 |52.70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |part-day rate |25.45 |26.35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Comforts allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |higher rate |21.80 |22.60 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |lower rate |10.90 |11.30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mobility supplement |48.55 |50.30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Allowance for lowered standard of occupation (maximum)|50.84 |52.68 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Therapeutic earnings limit |4,212.00 |4,472.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Exceptionally severe disablement allowance |50.90 |52.70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Severe disablement occupational allowance |25.45 |26.35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Clothing allowance (£ per annum) |174.00 |180.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Education allowance (£ per annum) (max) |120.00 |120.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Widow(er)s—private |102.20 |105.90 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Widow(er)s (other ranks) |102.20 |105.90 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Widow(er)—Officer (£ pa max) |6,298.00 |6,525.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Childless widow(er)s u-40 (other ranks) |24.49 |25.37 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Childless widow(er)s (Officer max. £s pa) |6,298.00 |6,525.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Supplementary Pension |68.42 |70.88 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Age allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |(a) age 65 to 69 |11.70 |12.10 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |(b) age 70 to 79 |22.40 |23.20 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |(c) age 80 and over |33.20 |34.40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Children's allowance | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Increase for first child |16.05 |16.65 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Increase for subsequent children |17.95 |18.60 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Orphan's pension | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Increase for first child |18.30 |18.95 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Increase for subsequent children |20.10 |20.80 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Unmarried dependant living as spouse (max) |99.85 |103.55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rent allowance (maximum) |38.55 |39.95 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Adult orphan's pension (maximum) |78.50 |81.35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------