Armed Forces: Pay
(asked on 2nd March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals have received an operational tour bonus in each of the ten previous financial years.
The total cost of Operational Allowance paid to Service Personnel in each Financial Year since 2015-16, and the numbers in receipt, are set out below:
Financial Year | Numbers in receipt of Op Allowance | Total Op Allowance |
2015-16 | 4,290 | £10,709,745.54 |
2016-17 | 5,748 | £14,668,691.79 |
2017-18 | 6,972 | £21,038,734.63 |
2018-19 | 7,653 | £24,554,593.59 |
2019-20 | 7,886 | £26,621,504.81 |
2020-21 | 6,140 | £18,587,048.82 |
2021-22 | 6,399 | £16,596,044.66 |
2022-23 | 5,164 | £13,673,498.62 |
2023-24 | 4,916 | £13,663,602.68 |
2024-25 | 5,330 | £13,091,473.38 |
2025-26 to date | 6,625 | £12,896,081.72 |
Total | 44,439 | £186,101,020.24 |