Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation homes have issues with (i) heating and (ii) hot water been reported since April 2022.

As at 1 December 2023 there are:

20,800 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties have reported maintenance issues related to heating since April 2022. These work orders include all repairs associated with heating such as condensate pipes freezing in extremely cold weather or a faulty single radiator valve and are not limited to a total loss of heating.

6,945 SFA properties have reported maintenance issues relating to hot water since April 2022. Work orders include all repairs associated with hot water and are not limited to total hot water loss.

For those sites managed under the Built Estate Contracts for Single Living Accommodation (SLA), there have been 1,617 issues reported relating to heating and 1,685 issues reported relating to hot water since April 2022.

This data includes heating and hot water issues that also affect common rooms, circulation spaces, kitchens etc. Issues could relate to singular rooms, or a single tap, and is not limited to total loss of heating and/or hot water for an entire SLA asset. It is not possible to provide data for sites managed under other arrangements.