Written question asked by Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Armed Forces: Housing
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints regarding (a) gas, (b) electrical and (c) water issues have been recorded in (i) single living accommodation and (ii) service family accommodation (A) at RAF Shawbury, (B) in North Shropshire constituency and (C) in Shropshire in each year since 2015.
- Answer
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Nine in 10 military homes (over 40,000 houses) will be modernised or upgraded to new, higher standards, with 14,000 homes rebuilt or substantially refurbished, funded by the Government’s record uplift in Defence spending and the Strategic Defence Review’s £1.5 billion extra investment into military housing in this parliament.
The table below provides a breakdown of the number of complaints regarding gas, electric and water issues broken down by year from 2018.
The accuracy and reliability of data held before 2018 cannot be assured.
Single Living Accommodation
For RAF Shawbury and North Shropshire
Year
Gas
Electrical
Water
2018 (fm 1 Apr)
28
26
116
2019
18
19
133
2020
7
43
130
2021
15
29
132
2022
4
39
289
2023
10
31
344
2024
5
25
232
2025
1
30
217
For Shropshire:
Year
Gas
Electrical
Water
2018 (fm 1 Apr)
135
269
827
2019
84
282
958
2020
118
295
1014
2021
55
249
1096
2022
50
232
1848
2023
46
229
1645
2024
56
353
1121
2025
30
257
888
Service Family Accommodation
For Service Family Accommodation the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold data in the format requested.
In order to answer this Parliamentary Question, MOD’s Industry Partner would need to review every Stage 1 complaint, which could only be completed at a disproportionate cost.
Secondary information
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- 90421
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- 2024-26
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- Armed forces Housing Shropshire Utilities
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- Yes
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