Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Single Living Accommodation units in each UK local authority area have experienced loss of (a) heating and (b) hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2018.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Information on the number of occasions Single Living Accommodation (SLA) units in each UK local authority area that have experienced a loss of heating and hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2018 can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Enhancing the standard of accommodation, including SLA is essential to the morale and retention of Service personnel and is a priority within the Defence infrastructure portfolio.
Defence is committed under the Strategic Defence Review to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation. Delivery of new, modernised SLA is already underway, with further detail on the investment in new and refurbished SLA to be set out in due course.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints regarding (a) gas, (b) electrical and (c) water issues have been recorded in Single Living Accommodation in each UK local authority area in each year since 2018.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Information on how many complaints regarding gas, electrical and water issues have been recorded in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in each UK local authority area in each year since 2018 is not held centrally and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Enhancing the standard of accommodation, including SLA is essential to the morale and retention of Service personnel and is a priority within the Defence infrastructure portfolio.
Defence is committed under the Strategic Defence Review to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation. Delivery of new, modernised SLA is already underway, with further detail on the investment in new and refurbished SLA to be set out in due course.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 97048, how many Single Living Accommodation units in the United Kingdom have recorded Legionella, in each year since 2018.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
It will take my Department a considerable time to compile the requested information across the UK broken down in year and region.
I will write to the hon. Member with a full response and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Questions 97049 and 97052 on Armed Forces: Housing.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
I responded to the hon. Member’s Questions on 15 December 2025.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Single Living Accommodation units in each UK local authority area have recorded Legionella, in each year since 2018.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Information on the number of cases of Legionella recorded in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in each year since 2018 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Further to my response to the hon Member's Question 91487 answered on 25 November 2025, following further review of the information, the answer provided gave the quantity of Legionella tests undertaken and not confirmed cases of Legionella.
The Ministry of Defence’s contractor VIVO took over responsibility for maintaining SLA within the Future Defence Infrastructure Services, Southwest contract in February 2022, data prior to this date is not held.
The below table shows that there have been no Legionella positive samples within SLA in Shropshire and North Shropshire between February 2022 to date:
Year | Legionella Positive Samples |
2022 | 0 |
2023 | 0 |
2024 | 0 |
2025 | 0 |
The remaining data provided for Question 91487 remains unchanged.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
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.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Single Living Accommodation units and (b) Service Family Accommodation homes in (i) north Shropshire and (ii) Shropshire have recorded (A) defective fire alarms, (B) missing fire doors and (C) non-compliance with modern fire safety standards in each year since 2015.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
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.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Single Living Accommodation units in (a) north Shropshire and (b) Shropshire have been assessed as being in condition grade (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C, (iv) D and (v) deemed uninhabitable in each year since 2015.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This information is not held in the format requested.
For Single Living Accommodation, the condition grade is determined by categories, as detailed in the tables below:
(a) North Shropshire:
Year | As New | Serviceable | Minor Repairs | Major Repairs | Replacement | No Condition Score |
2018 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2025 (up until 18 Nov) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(b) Shropshire:
Year | As New | Serviceable | Minor Repairs | Major Repairs | Replacement | No Condition Score |
2018 | 2 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
2019 | 2 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
2020 | 2 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
2021 | 2 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
2022 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 85 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2025(up until 18 Nov) | 85 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Single Living Accommodation units and (b) Service Family Accommodation homes in (i) north Shropshire and (ii) Shropshire have recorded (A) Legionella, (B) unsafe water temperatures, (C) failed water hygiene checks and (D) all of the above in each year since 2015.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The tables below give the number of reports of (A) Legionella 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 | Legionella |
2018 | 1 |
2019 | 10 |
2020 | 20 |
2021 | 58 |
2022 | 334 |
2023 | 505 |
2024 | 441 |
2025 | 333 |
North Shropshire
Year | Legionella |
2018 | 1 |
2019 | 0 |
2020 | 4 |
2021 | 3 |
2022 | 231 |
2023 | 319 |
2024 | 215 |
2025 | 183 |
For SLA, information on the number of reports of (B) unsafe water temperatures and (C) failed hygiene checks can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
For Service Family Accommodation, no (A) Legionella incidents, (B) unsafe water temperatures, or (C) failed water hygiene checks have occurred in Shropshire or North Shropshire since April 2022. Data prior to April 2022 is not held. Data prior to April 2022 is not held as the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) contract started in 2022, hence why data starts from April 2022.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Single Living Accommodation units in (a) north Shropshire and (b) Shropshire were (i) flats, (ii) dormitories, (iii) container-type accommodation and (iv) other types of accommodation in each year since 2015.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The tables below provide a breakdown of Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in (a) North Shropshire and (b) Shropshire:
Information prior to 1 January 2023 is not held.
(a) North Shropshire:
Year | (i) Flats | (ii) Dormitory* | (iii) Container Type** | (iv) Other*** |
2023 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 506 |
2024 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 510 |
2025 (up until 18 Nov) | 0 | 32 | 0 | 509 |
(b) Shropshire:
Year | (i) Flats | (ii) Dormitory* | (iii) Container Type** | (iv) Other*** |
2023 | 0 | 1,874 | 0 | 2,148 |
2024 | 0 | 1,874 | 88 | 2,263 |
2025 (up until 18 Nov) | 0 | 1,842 | 88 | 2,148 |
* A dormitory is a room with multiple occupancy.
** Bedspaces identified as ‘Container-Type’ are modular temporary accommodation units.
*** Bedspaces identified under ‘Other’ are those with individual bedrooms.