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Recommendation 26
26
Acknowledged
Support for pausing SFA accommodation offer review, acknowledging personnel disappointment.
Conclusion
We support the MOD’s decision to pause and conduct a review of the accommodation offer for SFA because of concerns around retention of personnel. However, we recognise that this decision has caused potential disappointment for the 45,000 personnel in long-term relationships and/ or with non-resident children, who might have hoped to become entitled to SFA in March 2024, and personnel who had expected to benefit from the new needs-based allocation. (Conclusion, Paragraph 134)
Government response summary AI-generated
The MOD agrees and remains committed to widening SFA entitlement. A review of the paused changes is nearing completion, and the outcome is expected to be communicated in the near future.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The MOD agrees with conclusion 26. The department remains committed to widening entitlement to SFA as set out in the Defence Accommodation Strategy. Following the pausing of the planned changes to SFA entitlement, officials have been reviewing the policy, taking into account the views of Service Personnel. This review is nearing completion, and we hope to communicate its outcome in the near future.
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