perthsaint,
I would have to say, respectfully, that your "answer" is in fact merely an intention, proposal, plan, etc, and not a certainty or fact or the only option.
As for the comment by nimbev, he didn't say that pensions wouldn't be paid, just queried how they would be. Perhaps he was implying that veterans pensions would continue to be paid by MOD, as they are for veterans living in say France, as opposed to by a Scottish government?