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, 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 Queen Elizabeth Barracks as of 2 May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 670 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Queen Elizabeth 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, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at Catterick Garrison since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Catterick Garrison contains a number of different establishments within the site, including Ypres Barracks.
A breakdown of the Departments spend on improving Single Living Accommodation (SLA) since 2022 at each of the establishments which form Catterick Garrison, is shown in the table below:
Catterick | Single Living Accommodation |
Alma | £1,734,959 |
Megiddo | £0 |
Cambrai | £37,592 |
Bourlon | £100,225 |
Richmondshire Lines | £180,322 |
Marne Barracks | £1,758,000 |
Somme | £6,148,312 |
Gaza | £97,670 |
Vimy Barracks | £69,431 |
Catterick Town (CGIF) | £0 |
Piave and Bapaumme Barracks | £28,760 |
Peronne Lines | £0 |
Command and Staff Trainer North | £0 |
Beach Head / Ypres lines | £9,959 |
Helles | £3,224 |
There are no SLA units at Megiddo, Catterick Town (CGIF) and Peronne Lines and no improvements have been made to Command and Staff Trainer North sites since 2022.
£26,776,398 has been spent on improvements to SFA at Catterick Garrison, since 2022. This figure cannot be split out separately.
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 RAF Lossiemouth since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The below table provides information concerning how much the Department has spent improving Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA) at each of the establishments, since 2022:
| Service Family Accommodation | Single Living Accommodation |
RAF Lossiemouth | £4,094,738 | £6,197,356.91 |
RAF Kirknewton | £0 | £14,560.80 |
RRH Benbecula | £0 | £0 |
RRH Buchan | £0 | £0 |
RAF Saxa Vord | £0 | £0 |
Kinloss Barracks | £1,464,387 | £471,500.62 |
Glencorse Barracks | £0 | £617,322 |
Dreghorn Barracks | £0 | £5,533,352 |
Redford Barracks | £0 | £225,694 |
Cameron Barracks | £616,030 | £0 |
Leuchars Station | £1,282,762 | £38,469.15 |
RM Condor | £1,034,471 | £366,096.15 |
HMS Dalraiada | £0 | £0 |
HMS Caledonia | £0 | £344,789 |
HMS Scotia | £0 | Nil |
University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland - | £0 | £0 |
University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland - | £0 | £0 |
There is no onsite SLA at Benbecula, Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, HMS Dalriada, University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, Edinburgh and University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, Glasgow.
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 RAF Kirknewton since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The below table provides information concerning how much the Department has spent improving Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA) at each of the establishments, since 2022:
| Service Family Accommodation | Single Living Accommodation |
RAF Lossiemouth | £4,094,738 | £6,197,356.91 |
RAF Kirknewton | £0 | £14,560.80 |
RRH Benbecula | £0 | £0 |
RRH Buchan | £0 | £0 |
RAF Saxa Vord | £0 | £0 |
Kinloss Barracks | £1,464,387 | £471,500.62 |
Glencorse Barracks | £0 | £617,322 |
Dreghorn Barracks | £0 | £5,533,352 |
Redford Barracks | £0 | £225,694 |
Cameron Barracks | £616,030 | £0 |
Leuchars Station | £1,282,762 | £38,469.15 |
RM Condor | £1,034,471 | £366,096.15 |
HMS Dalraiada | £0 | £0 |
HMS Caledonia | £0 | £344,789 |
HMS Scotia | £0 | Nil |
University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland - | £0 | £0 |
University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland - | £0 | £0 |
There is no onsite SLA at Benbecula, Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, HMS Dalriada, University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, Edinburgh and University Royal Naval Unit East Scotland, Glasgow.
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, 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, 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 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 |