“Many of the arguments for the cap on Service pay (notwithstanding the Government defi cit) is to come in line with other Government departments. Military personnel, in the main not only do a totally diff erent job to other Government departments; they also live a completely diff erent life. This includes extra laws, constraints, and pressures which are not found in other departments. The main issue is the conti nuous turbulence and family moves. This impacts on many spouses who fi nd it diffi cult to obtain any or certain types of employment and in turn restricts the family income to one salary in many cases. To this end to try and make our pay comparable is fundamentally fl awed.”


61% 49%


To what extent has the conti nuing pay restraint impacted on your family income?


Commissioned Non-Commissioned


35% 25%


11% Figure 5


It has made a signifi cant diff erence


It has made some diff erence


8% 2% 3%


It has made no diff erence


I don’t know


1% 5% Does not apply


In response to the questi on about sati sfacti on with levels of basic pay, 35% of respondents were either quite or very sati sfi ed, as opposed to 42% being quite or very dissati sfi ed. 23% were neither sati sfi ed nor dissati sfi ed.


Figure 6


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