Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 62490

Armed Forces: Deployment

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current allowance package in meeting the cost-of-living differen

Answer

Al Carns
To account for the differences in the cost-of-living in overseas locations, eligible Service personnel are entitled to Local Overseas Allowance (LOA). LOA recognises the amount by which average essential day-to-day expenditure in an overseas location diff...

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