Armed Forces: Allowances

(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces received an operational allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 26th July 2017

The total number of members of the Armed Forces who received an Operational Allowance in the years requested is shown below:

Financial Year

Number of Service Personnel receiving an Operational Allowance

2014-15

15,592

2015-16

4,729

2016-17

5,994

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