In all circumstances the additional post marriage allowance is paid to the official, as a part of his total net salary. The spouse of an official in the foreign service is also entitled to compensation for loss of certain pension benefits. Further details are given in section 7 of this paper. Posts comparable to Stockholm from a hardship point of view are disregarded, and other posts are given hardship classification in categories 1 to 4. For each group a hardship allowance is added to the basic post allowance of the expatriate official.
Married staff receives double hardship allowances.
Staff in certain posts may also be eligible for extra hardship journeys - either once every six months or twelve to an adjacent country. As far as costs relating to children are concerned, expatriate staff is entitled to the general Swedish children's allowance by their inclusion in the general social security system. In addition, an expatriate official may be entitled to children's allowances for children accompanying him at the post, for children in Sweden and for children in a third country. Children's allowances for accompanying children are calculated on the basis of the additional post marriage allowance. For each accompanying child, the official is entitled to a children's allowance of 53 per cent of the additional post marriage allowance.