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Armed Forces: Housing

Answer

The tables below show reported (A) defective fire alarms and (B) missing fire doors in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) across Shropshire and North Shropshire, as at 18 November 2025. Data prior to 1 April 2018 is not held.

Shropshire

Year	Defective Fire Alarms	Missing Fire Doors
2018	106	9
2019	117	23
2020	112	13
2021	69	13
2022	141	0
2023	151	2
2024	89	11
2025	114	5

North Shropshire

Year	Defective Fire Alarms	Missing Fire Doors
2018	32	0
2019	30	1
2020	16	0
2021	12	0
2022	15	0
2023	26	0
2024	20	2
2025	15	0

Information on (C) compliance with modern fire safety standards is not held. This is because all SLA buildings are complaint with standards in place at the time of their construction.

(b) Service Family Accommodation

Service Family Accommodation in Shropshire and North Shropshire does not include flats, communal spaces, or Houses in Multiple Occupation. Therefore, homes in this area are not subject to the Fire Safety Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and fire doors and alarms are not required. However, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation must ensure smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are installed and maintained.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

91485

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Armed forces Housing Fire prevention Fire alarms Standards Shropshire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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