Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 21st April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repairs were requested for Service Family Accommodation from 23/03/26 to 06/04/26.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 27th April 2026

Between 23 March and 6 April 2026, a total of 1,639 requests were logged as urgent repair requests for Service Family Accommodation properties across the UK Defence estate.

A report that is detailing the breakdown of urgent repairs by their reason can be seen in the table below.

Category

Number of requests

BRICKLAYER WORKS

2

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

288

GROUNDWORKS

4

HANDYMAN

5

HEAT/AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP WORKS

5

HEATING REPRESSURISE SYSTEM WORKS

3

GAS ENGINEER WORKS

622

HEAT AND OIL WORKS

8

JOINER WORKS

181

MOULD TREATMENT WORKS

3

PEST CONTROL WORKS

15

PLUMBING WORKS

471

ROOFER WORKS

28

SPECIALIST WORKS

4

Grand Total

1,639

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