To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military pensions are unclaimed; and what steps his Department is taking to increase the claimant rate of those pensions.
The estimated number of unclaimed pensions as of March 2024, the end of the last financial year, was 14,797. Tables on membership can be found at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66977e29a3c2a28abb50d0d1/Armed_Forces_Pens...
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions