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Army Board: Housing

Answer

The Army Board members who live in Official Service Residences are the Chief of the General Staff (COS), Commander-in-Chief Land (C-in-C Land), Adjutant General (AG) and the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland (GOC NI). The Assistant Chief of the General Staff (ACGS) occupies accommodation rented from a private landlord at a cost of £1,403.50 per month, to which ACGS makes a contribution of approximately £100 per month.Information has not been retained for years prior to 1999-2000, or in GOC Northern Ireland’s case prior to 2001-02. Available figures are shown in the following table.

£
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
COS	86,830	94,751	108,547	197,107	230,977	257,986	144,858
C-in-C	144,548	235,375	155,978	179,751	145,338	129,674	183,676
AG	6,656	54,963	48,909	159,574	147,057	107,242	90,790
GOC NI	—	—	91,473	80,496	81,422	80,038	121,409
TOTAL	238,034	385,089	404,907	616,928	604,794	574,940	540,733

The running cost for the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland for 2005-06 is £1,806 more than that stated in my answer of 20 March 2007, Official Report, column 749-750W. This answer was corrected in my answer of 24 May 2007, Official Report, column 1379W. Neither answer included furniture within the maintenance cost, which is included above.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

130306; 462 c953-4W

Session

2006-07

Related items

Army Board: Housing
Monday, 3 September 2007
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Official residences Army Board

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