Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 56123 on Ministry of Defence: Buildings, how many armed forces personnel and their families are living in buildings with flammable cladding on the exterior of the structure that serve as forces accommodation.
No Service Families live in high rise buildings (6 floors or over) that have been confirmed as having an external wall system that contains combustible components.
The number of armed forces personnel who are accommodated in those Single Living Accommodation (SLA) buildings which have been confirmed as having an external wall system containing combustible components are shown in the following table. This information has been provided by the individual Front Line Commands.
Number of Buildings | Location | Number of Armed Forces Personnel (as of 29/10/2021) |
22 | HMNB Clyde | 2440 |
1 | Hyde Park Barracks | 206 |
1 | Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham | 180 |
2 | HMS Nelson | 200 |
1 | HMS Drake | 370 |
All of the above buildings are 6 floors or above.
MOD has also identified a further 728 low rise buildings that may potentially have an external walling system that contains combustible materials. The list of buildings in scope is being verified, specialist consultants contracted to provide additional support and an industry partner is being commissioned to progress investigative works.