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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

1682592

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents relating to the loss of (a) heating and (b) hot water were reported at (i) HMS Raleigh, (ii) Commando Training Centre Lympstone, (iii) HMS Sultan, (iv) HMS Collingwood, (v) CHOM, YHOM, DOM and No1 Mess RAFC Cranwell, (vi) RAF Halton, (vii) Catterick Garrison, (viii) RAF Cosford and (ix) Stonehouse Barracks in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The table below details the number of reported incidents relating to the loss of heating and hot water for buildings on each of the sites requested for the last twelve months to 16 January 2024.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Heating only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hot Water only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Heating &amp; </strong> <strong>Hot Water combined</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS RALEIGH</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RM COMMANDO TRAINING CENTRE</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS SULTAN</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS COLLINGWOOD</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF CRANWELL</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF HALTON</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CATTERICK GARRISON</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DCAE COSFORD</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STONEHOUSE BARRACKS</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Reported incidents include all repairs associated with heating and hot water and are not limited to total loss of heating or hot water.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Future Defence Infrastructure Services Built Estates contract, contractors are obliged to respond to the loss of heating immediately to make buildings safe, and within 12 hours to restore functionality for certain asset types, including Single Living Accommodation. For less operationally critical buildings, functionality should be restored within five working days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/01/2024 09:28:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682593

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what data his Department holds on the number of compensation payments that have been awarded to families living in service accommodation in the last 12 months; and what the total value was of these payments each month.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Compensation payments are administered and funded by the suppliers at no cost to the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the data the Department holds on the number of compensation payments that have been awarded to families living in Service Family Accommodation in the last 12 months and the total value for each month:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 23</p></td><td><p>1703</p></td><td><p>£186,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 23</p></td><td><p>1,009</p></td><td><p>£211,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 23</p></td><td><p>2,995</p></td><td><p>£285,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 23</p></td><td><p>1,731</p></td><td><p>£165,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 23</p></td><td><p>3,865</p></td><td><p>£225,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 23</p></td><td><p>2,752</p></td><td><p>£175,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 23</p></td><td><p>2,742</p></td><td><p>£159,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 23</p></td><td><p>3,043</p></td><td><p>£164,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 23</p></td><td><p>2,007</p></td><td><p>£134,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 23</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>£112,567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 23</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>£236,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 23</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>£102,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1-17 January 24</p></td><td><p>794</p></td><td><p>£97,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,256,571</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/01/2024 14:25:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682638

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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, what proportion of service family accommodation properties (a) are vacant and (b) meet the Decent Homes Standard as of 16 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As at 16 January 2024, the Department has 47,863 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the UK, 18.6% of SFA were vacant and 96% of SFA met Decent Homes Standard.</p><p> </p><p>The void rate has reduced from 23% in 2019 to c19.5% in November 2023 to 18.6% in January 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Forthcoming changes to accommodation entitlements under the New Accommodation Offer will significantly increase the number of personnel entitled to SFA. This is expected to lead to a significant increase in demand for SFA, thereby reducing the void rate further.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:47:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682639

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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 open work orders for repairs there were for (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation as of 16 January 2024..
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As at 16 January 2024, there were 15,095 open work orders for response maintenance for Service Family Accommodation and 16,542 for Single Living Accommodation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/01/2024 17:49:09 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

1682097

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, what estimate he has made of the number of service family accommodation properties that (a) reported a total loss of and (b) were left without heat or water for more than 24 hours in each month of (i) 2023 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>It is taking some time to collate the required information, which is held by our contractors, to answer the hon. Member's Question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 18/01/2024 14:30:57 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard