Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of military barracks in the UK that are overcrowded.

The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force have confirmed there is no overcrowding in their Single Living Accommodation (SLA).

For the Army, the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Army have seen no reports of overcrowding, and where demand for SLA exceeds supply, Substitute Service Single Accommodation is provided.