UK War Pensions Statistics from the Ministry of Defence

UK War Pensions statistics published by the Ministry of Defence. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and is published in HTML format. It was last updated on 8 July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in war pension claims and awards based on the statistical series.
• Model the demographic distribution of pension recipients based on implied veteran data.
• Assess the fiscal impact of veteran support programs based on pension expenditure statistics.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating adherence to official UK statistical standards.
• Published by the authoritative source agency, the Ministry of Defence.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided (2026-07 08).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is presented in HTML format, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Defence

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of pension claims and awards.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:18.732602; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom