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Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 25 November 2014. A substantive answer was provided by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 November 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Housing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many housing adaptations his Department has carried out for wounded service personnel in each year since 2010.

Answer

The majority of adaptations to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties are carried out for the benefit of family members and dependants. It is not possible to identify separately those carried out for the benefit of injured Service personnel.

In many cases, the MOD aims to move families into SFA properties which have already been adapted where this is appropriate, rather than understanding further adaptations.

The number of adaptations to privately owned houses of personnel injured on operations is shown in the following table:

Financial Year

Number of Adaptations

2011-12

69

2012-13

95

2013-14

73

2014-15 (to end October 2014)

58

Data prior to this date is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
215480
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Armed forces Housing Injuries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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