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Written question asked by Lord German (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 21 February 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 March 2022. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Monday, 7 March 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Housing

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many armed forces housing units in the UK are currently unoccupied; and how many empty units there were in each year since 2015.

Answer

As of 22 February 2022, there are 9,031 vacant Service Family Accommodation units (SFA) in the UK.

The table below details how many vacant SFA there were in the UK, in each calendar year since 2015:

January 2015

10,288

January 2016

9,950

January 2017

10,357

January 2018

11,342

January 2019

11,584

January 2020

10,472

January 2021

9,712

January 2022

9,404


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6243
Session
2021-22
Related items
Armed Forces: Housing
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Armed forces Housing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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