Get You Home

What’s it for?

Get You Home is designed to help you cover the cost of travel when you return to your home from your duty station at weekends, during stand down and in periods of leave. 

Your home must normally be  a property owned or rented by you and the main residence where you live when you are not at your Duty Station and which you return to during weekends, stand-down periods and periods of leave, meaning that you regularly have to pay travel costs to get there.  It can also be your Residence at Work Address, including Single Living Accommodation at your permanent Duty Station

Normally it must be in the same country as your duty station (for this allowance UK is defined as the UK mainland and GB Islands) and  more than 50 miles away from your duty station

What do I get?

Get You Home Travel is paid as a daily rate, which increases the further you travel up to a maximum of 530 miles. The rates can be found in JSP 752 chapter 3

When can’t I use this?

You won’t be able to claim this benefit if you live in Service Families accommodation or Substitute Service Families accommodation or if you claim either of the following benefits:

• Travel for Operational Stand Down

• Longer Separation Allowance

How do I claim this?

Get You Home entitlements will be processed by your unit HR admin staff using the JPA ‘Arrivals Process’

You  will need to provide them with a photocopy of: 

1. Either a mortgage document, Land Registry document, Ground Rent, Tenancy Agreement or License to occupy; and

2. A Council Tax Bill if you are in the UK, otherwise either a  Utility bill (gas, electric, water, telephone but not mobile phone) or Buildings and/or Contents insurance.  

Both documents must be in your name and clearly show the address of your home.