Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 April 2008. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 29 September 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Housing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the target number of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation in the UK to be upgraded to each standard of condition grade in 2007-08 was; and how many of each were upgraded to each standard of condition category in that year.

Answer: The Department only has targets to upgrade Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA) to the highest standard.Against a target of a minimum of 600 SFA properties, a total of 637 were upgraded to the top standard in Financial Year 2007-08.Against a target of 7,650 in 2007-08, we have delivered some 6,816 SLA bed-spaces to the top standard. However, since 2003-04, the Department has upgraded some 26,707 bed-spaces against a target of some 25,705.

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