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1MC
Ministerial Corrections
26 OCTOBER 2009
Ministerial Corrections
2MC
Ministerial Correction
Monday 26 October 2009
DEFENCE
Combat Stress
Willie Rennie: 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.
[283075]
[Official Report, 3 July 2009, Vol. 495, c. 461W.]
Letter of correction from Kevan Jones:
I am writing to inform you that, unfortunately, an
error has been identified in the written answer given to
you 3 July 2009. The original answer referred to the
number of war pensioners receiving treatment and stated:
“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 now become clear that the figure of 1,200
individuals was potentially misleading, in that individuals
will have been counted more than once if they attended
on more than one occasion. The revised answer now
reflects the true number of separate individuals who
received treatment in 2007-08.
The correct answer should have been:
Mr. Kevan Jones: 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 can 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 600 individuals, funded through the auspices of
the War Pensions Scheme, were treated at the three
Combat Stress sites, in some cases on more than one
occasion.