Armed Forces: Housing
(asked on 17th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) Single Living Accommodation units and (b) Service Family Accommodation homes in (i) north Shropshire and (ii) Shropshire have experienced loss of (A) heating and (B) hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2015.
The tables below provide a breakdown of the number of occasions a loss of (A) heating and (B) hot water for over 24 hours were reported, broken down by accommodation type and year.
Single Living Accommodation (SLA)
North Shropshire:
| 2018 (from Apr to Dec) | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (up to and including 18 Nov) |
Loss of Heating for over 24 hours | 16 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 28 | 11 |
Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours | 7 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
Shropshire:
| 2018 (from Apr to Dec) | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (up to and including 18 Nov) |
Loss of Heating for over 24 hours | 108 | 165 | 147 | 195 | 178 | 222 | 180 | 111 |
Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours | 80 | 114 | 140 | 149 | 163 | 117 | 142 | 129 |
Data for the loss of heating and hot water of over 24 Hours in SLA prior to April 2018 is not held.
Service Family Accommodation (SFA)
North Shropshire:
2022 (from Apr to Dec) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (up to and including 17 Nov) | |
Loss of Heating for over 24 hours | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 |
Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
Shropshire:
2022 (from Apr to Dec) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (up to and including 17 Nov) | |
Loss of Heating for over 24 hours | 74 | 52 | 45 | 14 |
Loss of Hot Water for over 24 hours | 35 | 54 | 25 | 3 |
Data for the loss of heating and hot water of over 24 hours in SFA prior to 2022 is not held.