Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110584 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much his Department has spent on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major repair needs at their military accommodation since 1 April 2022.

From 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2023, the Department has spent £1,426,784 on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major repairs needed at their military accommodation.

Where an alternative permanent solution is either not appropriate or not immediately available, families are placed into temporary accommodation.

Temporary accommodation is provided for a number of reasons, including non-habitable faults at Move-In, leaks, heating/hot water issues, total loss of cooking facilities, fires or floods.