Armed Forces: Housing
(asked on 27th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel lived in substitute service single accommodation on average in each year since 2015.
The table below shows the total numbers of Service personnel living in Substitute Service Single Accommodation (SSSA) each year since 2015.
Year | Number of Service Personnel in SSSA |
2015 | 4,165 |
2016 | 3,983 |
2017 | 3,970 |
2018 | 3,745 |
2019 | 3,870 |
2020 | 3,820 |
2021 | 3,633 |
2022 | 3,596 |
2023 (up to 28 Nov) | 3,951 |
There has been a 30% increase in SSSA applications in 2023. This is due to single Service Personnel being decanted from Single Living Accommodation as improvement and upgrade works take place a number of large Unit moves that have occurred this year.