Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 19th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid out in compensation to service personnel and their families living in Service Family Accommodation due to poor housing conditions in each of the past five years.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 22nd March 2019

No compensation has been paid to Service personnel due to poor housing conditions. The Ministry of Defence only allocates properties that meet the Decent Homes Standard as a minimum condition. In April 2017, a compensation scheme was introduced to provide recompense to Service families in two key areas – missed maintenance appointments and significant defects encountered at Move-In to a new property. Details of these payments are given below.

2017-18

2018-19

Value

No of Claims

Value

No of Claims

Missed Maintenance appointments

£102,920

3,058

£99,570

2,926

Significant Defects at Move-In

£18,480

232

£9,300

121

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