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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

1545689

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will undertake a review of the compensation amounts offered under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme against compensation awarded to civilians who sustain similar injuries.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	96650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) is currently undergoing its Quinquennial Review (QQR) which takes place every five years to ensure that the scheme remains fit for purpose. The QQR is due to be published in spring 2023.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/11/2022 14:58:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1545688

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on the roll-out of the Cortisone programme to help ensure that those medically discharged from the armed forces receive their medical history documents within one month of leaving.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	96649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Programme CORTISONE will collectively link MOD systems with NHS systems in all four home countries, providing the ability for the transfer of a service person's healthcare record in electronic form to a GP practice at the end of their service. This will be available to anyone leaving the services and not just those being medically discharged.</p><p> </p><p>The programme has now delivered a live connection to the NHS, which has been used successfully to transfer COVID-19 vaccination status for service personnel. The next stage of the programme will be the roll-out of connectivity with pilot GP practices which will commence from June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Medical Services facilitates the transfer of healthcare information for all service personnel when they leave the Armed Forces. Personnel leaving the Armed Forces are provided with a summary of their medical care, known as an FMed133, and advised to provide this to their NHS General Practitioner (GP) on registration. Personnel are advised to register with an NHS GP one to three months before discharge, and the GP may decide they require a copy of the full Defence Healthcare Record.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/11/2022 14:59:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1545687

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making a requirement on those leaving the military to undertake existing courses hosted by (a) the military and (b) third sector to help serving personnel transition out of the military.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	96648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence provides all Service leavers with resettlement support. This is designed to help personnel leaving the Armed Forces prepare for civilian life, including a successful transition to employment, self-employment or a wider vocational outcome such as education, retirement or working with Third Sector organisations, tailored to the wishes of the individual.</p><p>Resettlement support is available from two years prior to leaving and two years after discharge. The provision entitles Service leavers to duty time, financial assistance and access to Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Services. The CTP provision includes workshops, seminars, career consultancy, resettlement training advice and vocational training, together with job finding support.</p><p>From 31 May 2022, all Service leavers have been automatically registered with CTP and can only opt-out by informing their CTP career consultant. In the event that a Service leaver has opted out of CTP services but wishes to use their entitlements to CTP provision, they may do so by contacting the CTP direct at any point up to two years post-discharge.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/11/2022 15:02:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard