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Overseas Long-Term Relationship Pilot Survey

Welcome to the Overseas Long-Term Relationship Pilot Survey.

This survey provides an opportunity for you to help shape the future of Defence Accommodation Policy for overseas locations. It should take you about 10-20 minutes to complete. 

Please be aware the survey will expire if there is no action for 45 minutes or longer. Please complete the survey in one sitting.  

The survey will close at 18:00 GMT, 14 April 2025.

Please read the following information about the survey. If content, provide your consent to take part in the survey on the  next page.    

Study Title: Accompanied Overseas Established Long Term Relationship (LTR(E)) Pilot Evaluation

What is the purpose of the survey?

The MOD has launched the ‘Accompanied Established Long-Term Relationship Overseas Pilot’. The pilot is available at selected overseas bases (see below) and allows Service Personnel in LTR(E) to be accompanied overseas with access to the same family accommodation as personnel who are married/in civil partnerships and receive a customised allowance package. This means the Service Person is permitted to bring their long-term partner on their overseas assignment. For further information about the pilot please refer to the associated JSP and DIN.

This survey will be used to assess the impact of the pilot on Service personnel. Your participation in this survey provides a key opportunity to shape future Defence Accommodation policy. We want to find out: 

  • If applicable, your experience of applying to and joining the pilot.

  • If applicable, your views of the pilot.

  • Your experiences of living overseas, including experiences of employment, childcare, local cohesion, and motivation

  • Your overall thoughts of the MOD as an employer.

You do not have to be part of the pilot to take part in the survey.

Your feedback will be combined with insights from other Service personnel and civilians to directly contribute to pilot evaluation. This information will be used to improve the current pilot, if required; and inform future decisions about the overseas accommodation offer for Service personnel and partners in long-term relationships. 

Who can take part:

  • All Regular Service Personnel in an Established Long-Term Relationships at an overseas pilot site.

  • All partners of Regular Service personnel in Establish-Long Term Relationship partners who are accompanying/have accompanied Service Personnel overseas. 

  • All participants must have been assigned to/stationed at the following overseas sites since January 2024: Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Canada, Czech Republic or Sri Lanka.

An Established Long-Term Relationship (LTR(E)) is defined as “A Defence-recognised relationship between two people that has continued for a long time and will continue for a long time in the future, with the intent of permanence, but without the formal legal recognition of marriage or civil partnership.” Personnel who wish to have Defence recognised LTR(E) status must have submitted an application form, and provided required supporting evidence.

Please note: Individuals who are married or in civil partnerships are not eligible for this survey.

What you will be asked to do:  

  • You will be asked to consent to taking part in the survey on this page. 

  • You will be asked to complete the online survey. 

  • Your participation is entirely voluntary.

  • Your responses will be anonymous, meaning you will not be identified in the research findings and your responses will not be shared with your Chain of Command. 

  • Each service person is permitted one survey response, and where applicable, each partner is permitted one survey response.

What are possible disadvantages (or risks) of taking part?  

There are no anticipated disadvantages to taking part, beyond the time commitment. The survey does ask some questions about your experience living overseas and questions on your relationship and family circumstances, which some personnel may find stressful. Welfare support is available to all Service personnel through dedicated Welfare Teams, HIVE Information Centres or Tri-Service Family Federations (linked below) can provide support to family and partners of military personnel in all Services:

Do I have to take part?  

No, participation is entirely voluntary, but your participation will help to ensure that we capture the views of a broad range of Service personnel and partners. No incentives or rewards will be provided for participation.  

Can I withdraw from the research and what will happen if I withdraw?  

  • You can withdraw at any time before submitting the survey. Your responses will not be saved until you finish and submit the survey and there is no consequence to withdrawing.  

  • You may skip questions you prefer not to answer.  

  • Once you have submitted the survey, your data cannot be withdrawn as it will be anonymous and therefore, not identifiable.  

Will you tell people what I say?  

  • We will be sharing anonymised findings only in a report which will be shared with the Defence Accommodation Team and stakeholders to inform policy development. A research report will also be published on GOV.UK. We will not use your name or any information that identified you when we share the research findings and your will not be asked to submit identifiable data in the survey such as name or email.  

  • Anonymised survey responses, aggregated data and analysed research outputs will be stored in the People Accommodation SharePoint site until they are no longer required by MOD data protection policy.  

  • We will not tell your Chain of Command or anyone else in your Service/partner’s Service if you are taking part, if you withdraw or what you say.

  • Taking part, withdrawing, and your responses will not impact you/your partner’s career in any way. 

Who is leading this survey?

This survey is being conducted by the Defence People Accommodation Analysis Team, part of MOD Head Office, to evaluate the pilot.

Who do I contact if I have any questions? 

For further questions about the survey or pilot, please contact: [email protected]   

Who do I contact if I have a complaint about the survey? 

If you have a complaint about the survey specifically, please contact: [email protected] (Head of Social Research at MOD).  

If you have a complaint about the policy, please refer to JSP 464 to find out where to direct your complaint. 
 

This survey is anonymous.

The record of your survey responses does not contain any identifying information about you, unless a specific survey question explicitly asked for it.

If you used an identifying access code to access this survey, please rest assured that this code will not be stored together with your responses. It is managed in a separate database and will only be updated to indicate whether you did (or did not) complete this survey. There is no way of matching identification access codes with survey responses.

 
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