Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fines for poor performance his Department issued to contractors providing services related to the maintenance and management of (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation in each year since 2010.

This information is not held as the department does not issue fines to contractors for poor performance. Sums may instead be withheld dependent on performance from contractual payments. This is the same for both Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA).

Under the previous National Housing Prime Contract for SFA monthly deductions were made for performance failures for the whole period of the contract.

The new Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation contracts which came into place on the 1 April 2022 are just entering the first period where sums can be withheld for any performance failures. Deductions will be assessed and applied quarterly in arrears, starting with the quarter ending December 2022.

Details on any money withheld for performance failures in SLA can only be provided at disproportionate cost as these are part of a wider estate maintenance contract.