Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service accommodation units do not have valid gas certificates; and how many of these units have certificates that expired (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) 12 months ago.

As at 29 November 2023, 137 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties do not have a valid gas safety certificate. This equates to 0.28% of all SFA.

The table below shows how many of the occupied properties have certificates that have expired (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) 12 months ago:

Of the 99 homes, 70 have appointments booked. The remainder cannot be accessed for a number of reasons; e.g. the Service person being deployed. We are working with local chain of commands or are pursuing legal routes where appropriate.

The 38 unoccupied properties will all have a Landlord’s Gas Safety Inspection carried out pre move-in.