War Pension Scheme Annual Statistics 1 April 2014 To 31 March 2024

War Pension Scheme Annual Statistics
1 April 2014 to 31 March 2024
Published 18 July 2024

This annual bulletin provides summary statistics on claims, awards and recipients of
pensions, allowances or other payments under the War Pension Scheme (WPS) between
2014/15 and 2023/24. The WPS is a no-fault scheme, which financially compensates for
injury/illness and death caused by service in the UK armed forces from the start of the First
World War in 1914 until 5 April 2005.