Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residential homes for service personnel and their families are owned by the Ministry of Defence in North Shropshire; and how many of those homes were empty as of 31 January 2023.

None of the Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in North Shropshire are owned by the Ministry of Defence. All 854 SFA in this area are leased either directly from Annington Homes Limited or through a Private Finance Initiative project.

As at 31 January 2023, 188 of these SFA were vacant. However, 25 have been offered or allocated to Service Families. The remaining vacant SFA are being retained for potential future military use.