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This report sets out recommendations on military pay, allowances and charges from April 2016. It was informed by a range of evidence: from the Ministry of Defence (MOD), including the Secretary of State in oral evidence; from the Service Families' Federations (SFFs); from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO); and by a further update to the independent research on pay comparability we commissioned in 2013. Evidence was also heard directly from Service personnel and their families, visiting 30 military establishments in the UK and overseas. e considered our approach to this round against the background of a gradually improving economy, ongoing public sector pay restraint, and continued high tempo, change and uncertainty for Service personnel. The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) in November 2015 announced an increasing budget for defence over the term of this Parliament. It also set out plans for investment in new capability and a restructuring of the Army to support Joint Force 2025. While there were plans for small increases in the number of personnel for the Navy and the RAF, overall planned numbers remain broadly the same as those specified in the 2010 SDSR. Plans to continue to increase the number of Reserves to 35,000 by 2019, as outlined in Future Reserves 2020, were also confirmed