Written question asked by Mark Pritchard (Conservative) on Friday, 9 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 12 October 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Housing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service families have been granted housing under shared equity schemes since the publication of Command Paper 7424.

Answer: This information is not held in the format requested.The Key Worker Living programme in England is run on behalf of the Government by 23 regional "Homebuy Agents". There is no requirement to advise the MOD of how many successful applications are from service families.In Wales, the devolved administration does not record those in shared equity schemes who are members of service families.Since August 2008 Scotland began collecting information of this type and to date there are 10 households where the shared equity buyer has declared themselves as being a member of the armed forces or a veteran. However, this may understate the position as not all buyers choose to return a form advising of their employment group in a timely fashion.

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