Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are currently living in Single Living Accommodation that are awaiting scheduled refurbishment or improvement works and what the average length of delay to those works is.

The definition of maintenance backlog is the identified maintenance works, required to restore the condition of a built asset to a defined satisfactory standard at a specific point in time, but has not yet been carried out. The number of maintenance backlog works for Single Living Accommodation (SLA) can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The number of Service Personnel currently occupying SLA awaiting refurbishment or improvement works or longest wating time for such work can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

There are currently 43 SLA buildings scheduled for refurbishment. An average length of delay cannot be provided, as a number of these works do not have a scheduled start date.

The Department does not hold a figure for the number of SLA units awaiting unscheduled repairs. When a repair is reported through the helpdesk, it is scheduled in accordance with contractual requirements. There is no separate waiting list for unscheduled repairs.