Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for soldiers in the UK, by each hotel, in 2016.

The total cost of hotel accommodation booked by Army personnel for detached duty between 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016 was £8.04 million. This figure does not include hotel costs incurred for temporary substitute living accommodation (i.e. in situations where suitable military or substitute rental accommodation was not available). Such accommodation is provided through a contract and hotel costs incurred by the contractor are not available.

I am withholding the breakdown of the provided cost as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the security and safety of the Armed Forces.