Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the short-term action plan to enhance family homes.

We do not intend to publish a short-term action plan.

In our new Consumer Charter, we announced seven commitments to immediately improve the lived experience for Service families:

• A strengthened move-in standard
• Improved, clearer information for families ahead of a move
• More reliable repairs
• Raising the minimum standard of military homes with a refurbishment of up to 1,000 of the worst homes
• Better and clearer communication for families, including a named housing officer for every service family
• A new, simpler complaints process
• Modernising policies to allow more freedom for families to make improvements

Service families will start to see early benefits including a named Housing Officer provided for every home, and £50 million to fund refurbishment works on 1,000 of the worst homes.

The Defence Housing Strategy will be published later this year and will set out further long-term plans to improve the standard of Service family homes.