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date	20/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Chinook Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the Chinook force for the wider capability of our Armed Forces; and what his plans are for the number of Chinook platforms.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	114661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Chinook Force provides the UK Armed Forces with vital rotary wing heavy lift capability and supports a range of users and Defence outputs, from crisis response through to war fighting.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the number of Chinook platforms, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Norwich South (Mr Clive Lewis MP) on 11 November 2022 to Question 80797.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/01/2023 14:19:51 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name UIN 80797.docx title Chinook Helicopters
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

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date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pinnacle Service Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the performance of Pinnacle Service Families: and if he will seek the views of servicemen and women and their families at RAF Odiham.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	101758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has directed all three Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation suppliers (Pinnacle, Amey and VIVO) to provide Rectification Plans as performance has been significantly below acceptable levels.</p><p> </p><p>DIO, VIVO, Pinnacle and the RAF Odiham Welfare Team hold monthly meetings to identify concerns affecting Service personnel and their families. VIVO and Pinnacle also hold weekly Housing Clinics to enable families to raise issues directly with them.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 12/12/2022 16:11:30 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

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registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Odiham: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the standard of accommodation available to RAF Odiham personnel; and whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the quality of that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	89869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The condition of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties is formally assessed against the Decent Homes (DH) Standard. The DH standard is a technical standard for public housing, defined by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). More than 98% of SFA meet this standard; properties below it are not allocated to Service personnel.</p><p>In financial year 2021-22, investment to improve SFA at RAF Odiham included the installation of new windows and doors for 106 homes and an additional 20 homes were refurbished. Over the course of this financial year, a further 34 homes will benefit from new roofs.</p><p>The launch of the Defence Accommodation Strategy in October 2022 introduced a Defence Minimum Standard for Single Living Accommodation (SLA) and informs the future investment of SLA.</p><p>In financial year 2021-22, kitchen and utility rooms in four SLA blocks at RAF Odiham were upgraded and ablutions were refurbished in one SLA block. Further improvement work to SLA is also taking place, which includes painting and decorating, improving the shared ablutions areas and cooking facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2022 15:12:05 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena