Services

Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief

• Overview

  There is a wide range of disability-related financial support, including…

• Disability and sickness benefits

  Disability Living Allowance for children Disability Living Allowance for…

• Vehicles and transport

  You’ll need to meet the legal obligations for drivers before you can…

• Home and housing

  Direct Payments - arranging your own care and services If you’ve been…

• On a low income

  Universal Credit You may be able to get Universal Credit if you’re on a…

• Television licence discount

  You can get 50% off the cost of your TV licence if either: you’re…

• VAT relief for disabled people

  If you’re disabled or have a long-term illness, you will not be charged…

• Work-related injuries or illness

  Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit You may be entitled to get…

• Armed forces compensation

  You can claim for compensation if while serving in the armed forces: you…

Get military records of service for the Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), British Army and Royal Air Force - who can apply, how long it takes, cost, how to apply.

• Overview

  You can apply for either: your own records of service if you are, or have…

• Apply for your own records

  You can apply for your records if you are, or have been, a member of the…

• Apply for the records of a deceased serviceperson

  Records of service for the deceased are held by the Ministry of Defence…

• If you want to complain

  Write to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Information Rights team if you want…

Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post

How to apply for a medal or veterans badge - who can apply, application forms, contact details, how long it takes, replacement military medals or badges

Who has the right to reside in the UK - if you're a British citizen, from the Republic of Ireland, the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families

War Widow's or Widower's Pension if your wife, husband or civil partner died as a result of service in HM Armed Forces or during war - eligibility, how to claim, and how to claim funeral expenses

Find out if someone's listed on the Armed Forces Memorial roll of honour - information available, print a certificate

Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy

Compensation schemes you can apply to if you've been injured or became ill while serving in the armed forces - who can claim, how to claim, how long it takes, complaining about decisions

Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986

Appeal a call up into the reserve forces - request exemption if you're called out into service or ask for exemption for an employee if their request's been turned down

Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums as a member of the armed forces.

War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal - appeal a war pension decision, deadline, how to appeal, hearing.

Apply if you're the spouse or civil partner of armed service personnel and have been with them on a posting outside the UK.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs

Armed forces redundancy calculator - calculate your redundancy benefits

Appeal to the Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunals (RFAT) if you're a reservist, or you employ a reservist, and your claim for financial assistance has been turned down.

Apply for financial help to pay for university, higher and further education if one of your parents died while serving in the armed forces - who can apply, how much you can get, how to apply, how long it takes