MoD raises compensation for wounded

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The new package, to come into effect on February 8, will allow servicemen and women with multiple injuries to receive a lump sum payment of up to £285,000, along with monthly payments to make up for lost earnings which could run into hundreds of thousands of pounds over their lifetime.

Personnel with several different injuries had complained that they were able to claim lump-sum compensation for only three of them.

Payments were made at 100% for the first injury, 30% for the second and 15% for the third.

Following the completion of a consultation involving the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions and ex-servicemen's groups like the Royal British Legion, Defence Minister Derek Twigg announced that in future all injuries will be taken into account when calculating the size of the lump sum payment.