Angela Rayner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angela Rayner on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the standard of housing for service personnel.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence is committed to improving the quality of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) provided to our Service personnel. 88% of SFA currently meet or exceed the decent homes standard. If a property fails to meet the standard, it will either be upgraded or disposed of.

Since financial year 2010-11 investment in housing has resulted in:

The separate installation of some 12,000 kitchens, bathrooms, or central heating systems and the insulation of 16,692 lofts.