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1683201

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) urgent and (b) routine maintenance and repair appointments for service accommodation properties have been missed since April 1 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	10346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Since April 2022, 18,277 appointments for Service Family Accommodation properties have been missed. This figure includes reactive repairs, planned maintenance and all other appointed tasks such as damp and mould. Typically, around circa 22,000 work orders are raised per month, on average 96.3% of appointments are kept.</p><p> </p><p>A further breakdown of this figure by priority category (urgent and routine) can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:48:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1683204

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110584 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much his Department has spent on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major repair needs at their military accommodation since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	10349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>From 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2023, the Department has spent £1,426,784 on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major repairs needed at their military accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Where an alternative permanent solution is either not appropriate or not immediately available, families are placed into temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary accommodation is provided for a number of reasons, including non-habitable faults at Move-In, leaks, heating/hot water issues, total loss of cooking facilities, fires or floods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:48:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1683205

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments related to (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation properties his Department has paid since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	10350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>A total of 33,237 compensation payments relating to Service Family Accommodation properties have been paid since 1 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>No compensation payments are paid in respect of Single Living Accommodation properties.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:51:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1683207

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military housing units were treated for (a) damp and mould, (b) loss of heating, (c) loss of hot water, (d) loss of water supply, (e) electrical faults, (f) pest infestation and (g) property damage since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	10351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of Service Family Accommodation properties which have been treated for damp and mould, loss of heating, loss of hot water, loss of water supply, electrical faults, and pest infestation since 1 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The damp and mould figures are provided from February 2023 when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s Damp and Mould Taskforce was established. Previous damp and mould reports were treated as part of routine repairs and maintenance and cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p>Issues relating to the loss of heating and hot water are not recorded separately as boiler faults often affect both.</p><p> </p><p>Property damage figures cannot be provided as data is not captured in this way, rather work orders are raised against a specified fault.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Issue</p></td><td><p>No. of SFA Properties</p></td><td><p>Supporting Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Damp and mould</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loss of heating and hot water</p></td><td><p>24,102</p></td><td><p>This figure includes all repairs associated with heating such as condensate pipes freezing in extremely cold weather, a faulty single radiator valve, a lack of hot water to individual taps and are not limited to just a total loss of heating or water loss.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loss of water supply</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electrical faults</p></td><td><p>29,886</p></td><td><p>The electrical fault figure includes faults such as light bulb changes, one hob of an electric oven not working and electric shower issues. It does not always relate to any safety issue or total loss of electricity.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pest infestation</p></td><td><p>5,123</p></td><td><p>Pest control requests are responded to within 3 hours if an emergency, and within 15 days if routine.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:47:31 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682080

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Firearms: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing the FN EVOLYS 7.62 mm ultralight machine gun for use by the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is in the very early stages of the procurement of a light assault machine gun. Requirements are being set and experimentation has commenced. There are several commercial options which may be suitable and in time competition will be held to select the most appropriate system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:46:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682100

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to launch the new accommodation offer for armed forces personnel on 11 March.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Yes. From 11 March 2024, the Ministry of Defence will begin introducing a new accommodation offer for our Armed Forces.</p><p>The new offer is intended to modernise accommodation entitlements, improve the standard of Single Living Accommodation, update the overseas accommodation offer and, overall, give our people more of a say in how they live.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/01/2024 17:23:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682101

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation's Families First Newsletter published on 14 December 2023, how many of the 1000 void homes undergoing repair and maintenance have been completed.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The additional funding to bring c1000 void homes back online through a nationwide programme of high-quality refurbishment works, was allocated at the end of July 2023.</p><p>To date, 82 refurbishments have been completed. The majority of the work for the remaining homes has been instructed and the refurbishment programme is well underway. A refurbishment will only be counted as complete once all works are complete, work has been assured, and any snags have been rectified. It is anticipated that the majority of works will be completed by the end of this Financial Year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/01/2024 17:45:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1681594

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sexual harassment awareness training for armed forces personnel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s position is very clear that no-one should be made to feel unsafe in our Armed Forces and unacceptable behaviour is not tolerated. We are committed to stamping this out and we continue to encourage anyone who has experienced or witnessed this kind of sexual harassment, to report it immediately.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces do not have a dedicated sexual harassment awareness training package; instead, this is incorporated into other training modules which are mandated for all military staff. As such, it is not possible to break this down into a separate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/01/2024 17:25:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard