Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
(Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residents in Service Family Accommodation are paying (a) reduced and (b) no rent as a result of the standard of accommodation in each of the last three years.

Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 16th April 2018

There are no Service personnel who reside in Service Family Accommodation at nil cost due to the standard of accommodation. There are a number who pay reduced charges, mainly due to improvement works and these are detailed below.

Financial Year

Number of Residents in Properties Subject to Reduced Charges

2015-16

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

2016-17

2,132

2017-18

1,212

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