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Written question asked by Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 17 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Housing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) Single Living Accommodation units and (b) Service Family Accommodation homes in (i) north Shropshire and (ii) Shropshire have experienced loss of (A) heating and (B) hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2015.

Answer

The tables below provide a breakdown of the number of occasions a loss of (A) heating and (B) hot water for over 24 hours were reported, broken down by accommodation type and year.

Single Living Accommodation (SLA)

North Shropshire:

2018 (from Apr to Dec)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025 (up to and including 18 Nov)

Loss of Heating for over 24 hours

16

26

25

24

20

14

28

11

Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours

7

22

11

13

12

8

11

16

Shropshire:

2018 (from Apr to Dec)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025 (up to and including 18 Nov)

Loss of Heating for over 24 hours

108

165

147

195

178

222

180

111

Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours

80

114

140

149

163

117

142

129

Data for the loss of heating and hot water of over 24 Hours in SLA prior to April 2018 is not held.

Service Family Accommodation (SFA)

North Shropshire:

2022 (from Apr to Dec)

2023

2024

2025 (up to and including 17 Nov)

Loss of Heating for over 24 hours

15

27

10

4

Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours

8

8

13

0

Shropshire:

2022 (from Apr to Dec)

2023

2024

2025 (up to and including 17 Nov)

Loss of Heating for over 24 hours

74

52

45

14

Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours

35

54

25

3

Data for the loss of heating and hot water of over 24 hours in SFA prior to 2022 is not held.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91489
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Armed forces Housing Heating Standards Shropshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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