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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2023 (named day). It was answered by Alex Chalk (Conservative) on Monday, 9 January 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Military Bases: Heating

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, during what periods (a) heating and (b) hot water not been available at (i) HMS Raleigh, (ii) Commando Training Centre Lympstone, (iii) HMS Sultan (iv) HMS Collingwood v) CHOM, YHOM, DOM and No1 Mess RAFC Cranwell, (vi) RAF Halton (vii) Catterick Garrison, (viii) RAF Cosford and (ix) Stonehouse Barracks since January 2021.

Answer

This information is not held in the format requested.

The table below details the number of incidents relating to loss of heating and/or hot water for buildings on each of the sites requested since the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Built Estate contracts went live on 1 February 2022 (South West and Central regions) and 1 April 2022 (SE region) respectively.

A further breakdown of these figures cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.

HMS Raleigh

121

Commando Training Centre Lympstone

86

HMS Sultan

357

HMS Collingwood

230

CHOM, YHOM, DOM and No1 Mess RAFC Cranwell

8

RAF Halton

244

Catterick Garrison

102

RAF Cosford

143

Stonehouse Barracks

349

In line with the FDIS Built Estate contracts, contractors are obliged to respond to the loss of heating immediately to make buildings safe, and within 12 hours to restore functionality for certain asset types, including Single Living Accommodation. For less operationally critical buildings, functionality should be restored within five working days.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
113208
Session
2022-23
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Subjects
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Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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