Armed Forces: Housing
(asked on 17th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military housing units were treated for (a) damp and mould, (b) loss of heating, (c) loss of hot water, (d) loss of water supply, (e) electrical faults, (f) pest infestation and (g) property damage since 1 April 2022.
The table below provides the number of Service Family Accommodation properties which have been treated for damp and mould, loss of heating, loss of hot water, loss of water supply, electrical faults, and pest infestation since 1 April 2022.
The damp and mould figures are provided from February 2023 when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s Damp and Mould Taskforce was established. Previous damp and mould reports were treated as part of routine repairs and maintenance and cannot be provided.
Issues relating to the loss of heating and hot water are not recorded separately as boiler faults often affect both.
Property damage figures cannot be provided as data is not captured in this way, rather work orders are raised against a specified fault.
Issue | No. of SFA Properties | Supporting Notes |
Damp and mould | 1,674 |
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Loss of heating and hot water | 24,102 | This figure includes all repairs associated with heating such as condensate pipes freezing in extremely cold weather, a faulty single radiator valve, a lack of hot water to individual taps and are not limited to just a total loss of heating or water loss. |
Loss of water supply | 48 |
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Electrical faults | 29,886 | The electrical fault figure includes faults such as light bulb changes, one hob of an electric oven not working and electric shower issues. It does not always relate to any safety issue or total loss of electricity. |
Pest infestation | 5,123 | Pest control requests are responded to within 3 hours if an emergency, and within 15 days if routine. |