Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of their Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) programme.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
The Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) Programme is complete.
The SLAM Programme was a 10 year contract awarded by the Ministry of Defence in 2002. In late 2012, during the last six months of the contract, 14 new build projects were added. Design and construction of these projects followed with completion in 2016. The Final Account of the SLAM Programme took place in 2017.
The SLAM Programme was one of the largest new build and refurbishment programmes in the UK and delivered successful renovations and constructions on 52 locations from Scotland to Cornwall. 121 separate projects improved or created more than 22,000 bedspaces.
Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people leaving the Armed Forces last year cited the quality of accommodation as one of the reasons for leaving.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
The requested information can be found on page 12 of the 2022-Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey (AFCAS) results:
26 per cent of personnel cited accommodation provision as a factor influencing their intention to leave versus 37 per cent citing it as a factor influencing their intention to stay.
Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what military exercises they plan to conduct with allies during the rest of this year; and how many British participants will be in each exercise.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
81 military exercises are planned to be conducted with allies during the rest of this year. Circa 14,500 British Service Personnel with participate across these exercises.
Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what military exercises they have conducted with allies so far this year; and how many British participants were deployed.
Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)
71 military exercises have been conducted with allies and partners so far this year. Circa 17,000 British Service Personnel were deployed.