JSP 464 - Ministry of Defence

SECTION I
ENTITLED SERVICE PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 3
ENTITLEMENT TO SFA
0301 Entitlement criteria. To be entitled to SFA Service personnel must be:
a. Aged 18 or over, have completed initial training and be serving on a regular
engagement with the UK Armed Forces, or be a Full Commitment (FC) Reservist as
defined in single Service instructions. For those personnel under 18 years of age
the parent unit must accept responsibility for their behaviour until the 18 th birthday.
b. In Personal status category (PStatCat) 1 (See footnote 7 ), 1C, 1S or 2 as defined
in JSP 752, Chapter 1 Section 4.
c. Have at least 6 months to serve at the station where they qualify for SFA apart
from the following exception:
(1) Those Service personnel who have been selected for compulsory
redundancy and have been given 6 months or less notice. In these
circumstances, Service personnel will be entitled to SFA at the location where
they have been assigned for their last 6 months or less. If there is no SFA
available within a 10 mile radius of that location, DIO Ops Accommodation will
offer SFA further afield; the applicant will not be entitled to SSFA but would be
entitled to apply for surplus SFA in accordance with Chapter 10.
0302 Entitlement by appointment. Some Service appointments require personnel to
work either in the home or be accommodated away from subordinates. Accordingly,
Service personnel PStatCat 1 (serving unaccompanied), and PStatCat 2, 3, 4 or 5 are
entitled to SFA which meets the requirements of their work, when employed in the
following posts. Where SFA is not available for any reason, SSFA is not authorised
except for Garrison / Station Commanders / Service Chaplains with unit pastoral care
duties. SSSA to the appropriate scale is to be sourced in accordance with JSP 464
Part 3 Chap 8.
a. Officers of OF3 rank and above serving in appointments designated as being In
Command which is defined as being able to exercise Command Powers of
Punishment in accordance with the Armed Forces Act 2006. Exceptions are to be
staffed through the appropriate Housing Colonel as casework.
b. RAF OF4 Station Executive appointments.
c. Regimental Sergeant Majors of major regular Army units or RAF Station
Warrant Officers.
d. Service Chaplains undertaking a pastoral responsibility at Unit level.
e. Serving members of the Army Welfare Service (AWS) employed as Army
Welfare Workers (AWW) and serving members of the Naval Personal and Family
Service (NPFS) and Royal Marines Welfare (RMW) 8 .
77 Unless they are serving unaccompanied (in accordance with the criteria laid out in JSP 752 Chap 1 Section 1 Annex A) when there is
ONLY an entitlement to SLA at the Place of Duty iaw JSP 464 Part 3 Para 0301.
8 When more than one of any of these categories of personnel of the same gender are serving in the same geographical location, SFA
is to be shared. Co-habitation is not permitted.
As at 13 Jul 12 3- 1