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Written question asked by Neil Turner (Labour) on Thursday, 30 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 May 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Housing

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of accommodation of (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedrooms his Department retains for the purposes of accommodating serving (i) officers and (ii) officials on long-term secondment to his Department; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual (A) gross and (B) net cost of each type of accommodation in each such category.
Answer

I will write to the hon. Member. Substantive answer from Kevan Jones to Neil Turner:"I undertook to write to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question on 14 May 2009 (Official Report, column 946W), about Service accommodation for senior Officers and officials on long term secondment to the Department.""Service accommodation is provided to house entitled Service personnel and their families in accordance with the entitlements set out in the Tri-Service Accommodation Regulations (TSARs). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) currently holds the following numbers of Service Family Accommodation properties (SFA) to accommodate entitled senior officers:"

Type Bedrooms Indicative Entitlement UK SFA Overseas SFA
I 4/5 Major General and equivalent and above 68 9
II 4/5 Colonel and equivalent and above 316 36

"Senior Officers may also occupy SFA of a lesser type in cases where SFA to entitlement is not available or other circumstances set-out in the TSARs." "All Officers of the equivalent Rank of Major and above are entitled to Single Living Accommodation (SLA) comprising of an en-suite bedroom and separate sitting area. There are currently 2,418 SLA bed-spaces of this type in the UK with a further 219 overseas." "The information on cost is not held in the format requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost." "The MOD does not retain any accommodation for the purposes of accommodating civilian officials. However, in areas where there is a temporary surplus of SFA, eligible civilians may occupy properties on a non-entitled basis, on the understanding that it be vacated if required for an entitled Service family. The number of civilians who occupy SFA on this basis is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
273432; 496 c1197-8W
Session
2008-09
Related items
Departmental Housing
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Notes
Question originally printed on 14/05/2009 at 492 c946-7W.
Subjects
Armed forces Housing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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