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1718102

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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 callouts were made to (a) single living accommodation and (b) Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each year between 2017 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	26274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 May 2024 to question 24821.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/05/2024 12:10:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 24821 - Armed Forces Housing.docx title Armed Forces: Housing
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1717753

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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 much his Department has spent on improving service family accommodation in Plymouth since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The information required to answer the hon. Member's questions is held by Ministry of Defence contractors. Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are working with them to produce a consolidated response which will take some time. I will write to him by early June 2024, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 25969 25970 25971 25972 25973 25977 question first answered 16/05/2024 14:34:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1716218

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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 single living accommodation bedspaces are there in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>There is a total of 10,165 Single Living Accommodation bedspaces in Scotland, across 12 establishments.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 16:57:42 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1716245

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 23282 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel are based in Woolwich; and what estimate he has made of the number of personnel to be based there in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 950 UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Woolwich. The number of personnel stationed there is not estimated to change significantly over the next five years; however, numbers will fluctuate in line with operational deployments and other routine commitments.</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Woolwich can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.</li><li>The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.</li><li>Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.</li><li>The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/05/2024 16:43:27 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1716265

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of service accommodation.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	25125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Currently, 96% of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) meets or exceeds the Government’s Decent Homes Standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Command Paper Refresh 2023 committed an investment of £400M for SFA over two years. In 2023/24, the Ministry of Defence allocated and spent £220 million to implement damp and mould remediation in approximately 4,000 homes, refurbished c1,000 long term empty homes, provided 3,000 homes with replacement windows and doors, 1,000 homes with replacement kitchens and bathrooms, and upgraded heaters and boilers in 1,500 homes.</p><p> </p><p>In 2024/25, £180 million is allocated to improve insulation in c600 homes, implement c1,000 long-term damp and mould remediations and refurbish 200 long-term empty homes. 1,700 minor damp and mould improvement packages are planned, and 30 more homes will receive upgraded heating solutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 17:00:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1716266

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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, what assessment he made of the adequacy of the standard of service accommodation before setting the Defence Infrastructure Organisation budget for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	25126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Budgets for defence organisations, including DIO, are being determined as part of the Annual Budget Cycle process.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, 96% of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) meets or exceeds the Government's Decent Homes Standard.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to invest significant sums to improve the quality of UK SFA. The Defence Command Paper Refresh committed an additional £400 million over two years. In 2023-24, Defence allocated and spent £220 million to implement damp and mould remediation in approximately 4,000 homes, refurbished c1,000 long term empty homes, provided 3,000 homes with replacement windows and doors, 1,000 homes with replacement kitchens and bathrooms, and upgraded heaters and boilers in 1,500 homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/05/2024 16:21:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1715847

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24130 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many callouts were made to (a) single living accommodation and (b) Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in each year between 2017 and March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Data relating to callouts to Single Living Accommodation for maintenance issues between 2017 and March 2022 is not held centrally and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to callouts to Service Family Accommodation for maintenance issues between 2017 and March 2022 is not held as this predates the current Future Defence Infrastructure Services contracts.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 14/05/2024 16:19:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1715848

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24130 on Armed Forces: Housing, what these figures are for Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Following further interrogation of the figures, it was discovered that due to a technical error some data was missed from the response to Question 24130. The correct information can be found below:</p><p> </p><p>427,123 callouts have been made to Single Living Accommodation properties for maintenance issues since April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>472,317 callouts have been made to Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues since April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Of these:</p><p> </p><p>24,970 callouts have been made to Single Living Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in Scotland since April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>26,206 callouts have been made to Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in Scotland since April 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 16:41:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714912

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 22653 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel were living in grade (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) below grade four single living accommodation in (i) each region of the UK and (ii) overseas as of 18 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The attached supporting table shows a count of Service personnel who occupied grade one, two, three and below grade four Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in each region of the UK as at 18 April 2024. The table has been broken down by region as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration System, and does not show the number of Service personnel in grade four SLA.</p><p> </p><p>As at 18 April 2024, a total of 563 Service personnel were living in grade four service accommodation overseas.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 24322 question first answered 08/05/2024 12:42:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240502 - PQN_23-24_2024_06945 (24321) PQN_23-24_2024_06946 (24322) - Pollard - Supporting Table- O (1)1.xlsx title Service Personnel gradings by region and overseas
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714916

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 22653 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel were living in grade four service accommodation overseas as of 18 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The attached supporting table shows a count of Service personnel who occupied grade one, two, three and below grade four Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in each region of the UK as at 18 April 2024. The table has been broken down by region as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration System, and does not show the number of Service personnel in grade four SLA.</p><p> </p><p>As at 18 April 2024, a total of 563 Service personnel were living in grade four service accommodation overseas.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 24321 question first answered 08/05/2024 12:42:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240502 - PQN_23-24_2024_06945 (24321) PQN_23-24_2024_06946 (24322) - Pollard - Supporting Table- O (1)1.xlsx title Service Personnel gradings by region and overseas
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard