Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Coulport for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Royal Naval Armaments Depot Clyde is an integral part of His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 7 May 2024 to Question 23569.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at Royal Naval Armaments Depot in Coulport since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport is an integral part of His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 7 May 2024 to Question 23943.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Army Foundation College for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics, (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The approximate number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation (managed by DIO) and Forces Families Accommodation (managed under a Private Finance Initiative contract) at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) for maintenance issues since April 2022 are shown in the table below.
Location | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
Army Foundation College (Harrogate) | 30 | 105 | 50 | 16 | 58 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation bedspaces are there in Scotland.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
There is a total of 10,165 Single Living Accommodation bedspaces in Scotland, across 12 establishments.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at the Army Foundation College since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Approximately £1.5 million has been spent on improvements to service accommodation at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) over the last two Financial Years.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Claro Barracks as of 2 May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 660 UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Claro Barracks.
Please note the following caveats:
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 23282 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel are based in Woolwich; and what estimate he has made of the number of personnel to be based there in each of the next five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 950 UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Woolwich. The number of personnel stationed there is not estimated to change significantly over the next five years; however, numbers will fluctuate in line with operational deployments and other routine commitments.
Please note the following caveats:
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24130 on Armed Forces: Housing, what these figures are for Scotland.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Following further interrogation of the figures, it was discovered that due to a technical error some data was missed from the response to Question 24130. The correct information can be found below:
427,123 callouts have been made to Single Living Accommodation properties for maintenance issues since April 2022.
472,317 callouts have been made to Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues since April 2022.
Of these:
24,970 callouts have been made to Single Living Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in Scotland since April 2022.
26,206 callouts have been made to Service Family Accommodation properties for maintenance issues in Scotland since April 2022.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Brize Norton as of May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 4450 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Brize Norton.
Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel , Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.
The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at Albermarle Barracks since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The table below shows how much the Department has spent on improvements to Service Family Accommodation and Single Living Accommodation at each establishment since April 2022:
| Service Family Accommodation | Single Living Accommodation |
Albermarle Barracks | £2,233,044 | £212,283 |
Weeton Barracks | £13,411,052 | £107,278 |