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1240803

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost increase as a result of the two year delay to the Western Rail Access to Heathrow project.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	99731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Progress on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow is subject to a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry. Negotiations on these terms have not yet concluded and any estimate of cost to the taxpayer is dependent on this agreement. There is also no reason why costs would increase as a result.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/10/2020 13:34:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1240802

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when construction work will start on the Western Rail Access to Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	99730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Construction of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow is expected to start following the granting of planning consent, with construction of the main build estimated to take approximately five years. Submission of the scheme’s application for development consent, is subject to a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow Aviation industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/10/2020 13:25:24 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1240800

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he undertook before postponing the delivery of the Western Rail Access to Heathrow.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	99729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not postponed the delivery of the Western Rail Access to Heathrow. The Government has always been clear that delivery of such is subject to a satisfactory business case and agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow Aviation industry. Discussions between the Department and Heathrow Airport Limited to agree an appropriate funding contribution were interrupted following the Court of Appeal’s judgement on the Airports National Policy Statement and the devastating impact of COVID-19, resulting in a delay. Network Rail plans to re-consult on the scheme in 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/10/2020 13:51:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	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

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

1682637

	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 progress his Department has made on reducing vacant service family accommodation properties to 10%.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	9935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 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>The void rate has reduced from 23% in 2019 to c. 19.5% in November 2023 to 18.6% in January 2024.</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 24/01/2024 15:50:42 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1682636

	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 single living accommodation bed spaces his Department owns as of 16 January 2024; and of those, how many and what proportion are located in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	9934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>In the UK there are 154,000 single living bedspaces.</p><p> </p><p>There are c.133,000 permanent and temporary bedspaces and a further 21,000 bedspaces in the UK training estate.</p><p> </p><p>81,000 Service personnel occupy permanent Single Living Accommodation (SLA) across all Services meaning that 55.7% of Armed Forces Personnel are accommodated in SLA.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/01/2024 17:33:27 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

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

1682591

	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	Defence Equipment
	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 replacing lost military combat gear in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	9931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2024 15:50:08 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard