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Relocation

If your career means you have to move to another part of the country or overseas, we can help you with the cost. Answer questions if you want to see what you may be entitled to

Help with your move

  • As a member of the Armed Forces, we can help you with some of the things you will need when you prepare for the process of moving house if you are posted to a new duty station. Moving house is expensive and stressful and these benefits are designed to make it easier for you.

  • No eligibility information available

    Service Accommodation

    MOD provides good quality, subsidised living accommodation for Service people and their families

    • accommodation
    • families
  • No eligibility information available

    Disturbance Expenses

    If you need to move house because of your Service duties, you could be eligible for a contribution towards your expenses

    • accommodation
    • relocation
  • No eligibility information available

    Movement and Storage of Personal Effects

    Move and/or store your belongings when assigned to a new location

    • relocation
  • No eligibility information available

    Insurance Allowance

    If you need to move your belongings for Service reasons, you can claim back the cost of transit insurance

    • relocation
  • No eligibility information available

    Relocation Leave

    Extra leave to help you and your family settle in to a new location

    • relocation
    • leave
  • No eligibility information available

    Refund of Legal Expenses

    If you are a homeowner who is permanently assigned to a new duty station and you decide to sell your home and buy another at your new duty station, you could get a contribution towards your legal expenses

    • relocation
    • accommodation
  • No eligibility information available

    Final Tour of Duty

    If you’re leaving the Service, get help in settling yourself and your family in a new area in the UK

    Allowances for while you are there

    The amount of time you spend and the location you are posted to come with some allowances. These are what is available through the Armed Forces while you are relocated.

    • No eligibility information available

      Longer Separation Allowance

      If you’re separated from your duty station or family home for an extended period of time, you could be eligible for Longer Separation Allowance

      • relocation
    • No eligibility information available

      Local Overseas Allowance

      If you serve in certain areas overseas or on a ship outside UK waters, you may receive this allowance to help with the cost of day-to-day living

      • overseas
      • relocation
    • No eligibility information available

      Overseas Loan Service Allowance

      If you’re in a Loan Service appointment, you can get compensation for the unique challenges you face when serving with a foreign military service overseas

      • overseas
      • relocation
    • No eligibility information available

      Northern Ireland Motor Insurance Refunds

      If you’re on a permanent assignment in Northern Ireland and have to pay additional costs on your motor insurance as a result, you could be eligible for a refund

      • reimbursement
      • relocation
    • No eligibility information available

      Recruitment and Retention Allowance for London

      If you live and work in certain locations in London, you could receive this allowance to compensate for the higher cost of living

      • travel
      • relocation
    • No eligibility information available

      Northern Ireland Resident Supplement

      If you’re on a permanent assignment in Northern Ireland, you could receive a daily rate to make up for the extra pressures of your service there

      • relocation

    Supporting you with travelling costs

    We can offer financial support to help you get to your new assignment, your daily travel to and from duty, when you and your family want to visit each other or when you need a break from working in remote locations.

    • No eligibility information available

      Privately Arranged Passage

      If you choose to drive to a new overseas duty station using your own private motor vehicle instead of getting a flight, you could get assistance with your travel costs

      • No eligibility information available

        Home to Duty Travel

        With Home to Duty Travel, you can claim a non-taxable contribution towards your commuting costs

        • travel
      • No eligibility information available

        Get You Home

        If you regularly travel home from your duty station at weekends, you could get help with your travel costs

        • travel
      • No eligibility information available

        Get You Home (Early Years)

        If you're doing your Phase 1 training, you could get assistance with the cost of getting home from your duty station

        • travel
      • No eligibility information available

        Get You Home (Overseas)

        If you’re assigned overseas, you can get help towards the cost of return journeys from your duty station to the UK

        • families
        • travel
      • No eligibility information available

        Respite Journeys (Remote Locations)

        If you take respite breaks because you’re stationed in certain remote or inhospitable locations, you could receive a contribution towards the cost of your travel

        • deployment
        • travel
      • No eligibility information available

        Northern Ireland Journeys

        If you are permanently stationed in Northern Ireland you could be eligible for a contribution towards the cost of travel to and from Great Britain

        • travel
        • relocation
      • No eligibility information available

        Respite Provision

        If you’re working overseas this allowance contributes toward yours and your family costs when you take a break

        • No eligibility information available

          Families Assistance for Visits Abroad

          If you’re serving overseas you could claim financial assistance with food and accommodation costs when your immediate family comes to visit you

          • relocation
          • families

        Clothing

        • Some assignments will require you to wear special clothes or civilian clothes daily. Rather than incurring this cost all by yourself, we have some allowances that may help.

        • No eligibility information available

          Civilian Clothing Daily Allowance and Civilian Clothing Annual Grant

          If you have to wear civilian clothing while on duty, you could claim an allowance to help cover the cost

          • overseas
          • relocation
        • No eligibility information available

          Climatic Clothing Grant for Hot Posts

          if you are required to wear civilian clothes when working in certain hot countries overseas, this helps cover the cost

          • overseas
          • relocation