Let's say that this was a private soldier who finished basic training and was earning about £18,000 a year. The lump sum would be four times that, which is £72,000. I'm not sure what that is in Canadian dollars. This would be the lump sum that would go to the estate. If the death was due to service and there was a spouse or dependent children, then there would be an income stream to them that would come out of the armed forces compensation scheme. If the death was not due to service—our scheme works on whether it's due to service or not—if the person had invested in the pension scheme, which I think requires two years of service, he would just get the lump sum but no pension.
On March 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.