Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Written Statement of 19 September 2023 on New Accommodation Offer, HCWS1053, what estimate he has made of the number of personnel who will be entitled to transitional protection due to a reduction in their accommodation entitlement.

Around 9,000 Service personnel are currently living in Service Family Accommodation with an entitlement based on their rank rather than the size of their family. Not all of these will need to use an entitlement to transitional protection as, in many cases, the size of their family will mean they remain entitled to a property of the same size under the new accommodation offer.