Andrew Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of housing in the UK for military personnel are presently unoccupied in each local authority area.
Mark Lancaster
The number of Service Family Accommodation properties unoccupied in each area is shown below.
Properties can be unoccupied for a number of reasons. These include:
A margin of unoccupied properties is retained, in the short term, to ensure they are available when Service personnel apply for accommodation.
A number of properties, which could otherwise be disposed of, are being retained pending the outcome of discussions on the future Defence requirement.
Properties may show as being unoccupied during a gap between allocation to, and occupation by, a Service family.
Where properties are leased from Annington Homes Ltd, not owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and when the MOD no longer requires those properties the lease is terminated and the properties are handed back to Annington Homes Ltd. Some properties will be awaiting completion of that process.
A number of unoccupied properties are affected by dilapidations and await repair or disposal.
|
Local Authority |
Unoccupied Service Family Accommodation |
|
ABERDEEN CITY |
3 |
|
ABERDEENSHIRE |
2 |
|
ANGLESEY, ISLE OF |
25 |
|
ANGUS |
20 |
|
ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY |
137 |
|
ARDS AND NORTH DOWN |
178 |
|
ARGYLL AND BUTE |
235 |
|
ASHFIELD |
25 |
|
ASHFORD |
26 |
|
AYLESBURY VALE |
56 |
|
BABERGH |
48 |
|
BARNET |
28 |
|
BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET |
1 |
|
BIRMINGHAM |
13 |
|
BLAENAU GWENT |
5 |
|
BRACKNELL FOREST |
57 |
|
BRAINTREE |
5 |
|
BRECKLAND |
90 |
|
BRIGHTON AND HOVE |
2 |
|
BRISTOL, CITY OF |
3 |
|
BROADLAND |
4 |
|
BROMLEY |
21 |
|
BROXTOWE |
12 |
|
CAMBRIDGE |
1 |
|
CAMDEN |
16 |
|
CANTERBURY |
181 |
|
CARDIFF |
14 |
|
CARLISLE |
17 |
|
CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE |
194 |
|
CHARNWOOD |
13 |
|
CHERWELL |
68 |
|
CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
50 |
|
CHICHESTER |
35 |
|
CITY OF EDINBURGH |
152 |
|
COLCHESTER |
124 |
|
CORNWALL |
61 |
|
COTSWOLD |
30 |
|
COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE |
15 |
|
CROYDON |
3 |
|
DARLINGTON |
16 |
|
DOVER |
117 |
|
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY |
3 |
|
DUNDEE CITY |
2 |
|
EAST DEVON |
9 |
|
EAST DORSET |
14 |
|
EAST HAMPSHIRE |
303 |
|
EAST LINDSEY |
16 |
|
EAST RENFREWSHIRE |
3 |
|
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE |
34 |
|
EILEAN SIAR |
1 |
|
EXETER |
12 |
|
FAREHAM |
25 |
|
FIFE |
258 |
|
FOREST OF DEAN |
52 |
|
FYLDE |
74 |
|
GEDLING |
10 |
|
GLASGOW CITY |
6 |
|
GLOUCESTER |
32 |
|
GOSPORT |
122 |
|
GREENWICH |
38 |
|
GUILDFORD |
91 |
|
GWYNEDD |
4 |
|
HAMBLETON |
115 |
|
HARROGATE |
196 |
|
HARROW |
30 |
|
HART |
68 |
|
HAVANT |
2 |
|
HERTSMERE |
43 |
|
HIGHLAND |
59 |
|
HILLINGDON |
113 |
|
HOUNSLOW |
25 |
|
HUNTINGDONSHIRE |
260 |
|
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA |
1 |
|
KING’S LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK |
108 |
|
KINGSTON UPON THAMES |
24 |
|
LICHFIELD |
13 |
|
LINCOLN |
1 |
|
LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH |
184 |
|
MAIDSTONE |
19 |
|
MEDWAY |
134 |
|
MELTON |
16 |
|
MERTON |
5 |
|
MID AND EAST ANTRIM |
325 |
|
MID SUFFOLK |
69 |
|
MIDLOTHIAN |
30 |
|
MOLE VALLEY |
8 |
|
MORAY |
100 |
|
NEW FOREST |
18 |
|
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
2 |
|
NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN |
199 |
|
NORTH AYRSHIRE |
11 |
|
NORTH DEVON |
57 |
|
NORTH DORSET |
67 |
|
NORTH KESTEVEN |
179 |
|
NORTH LANARKSHIRE |
3 |
|
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE |
3 |
|
NORTH SOMERSET |
2 |
|
NORTHUMBERLAND |
61 |
|
NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH |
7 |
|
OADBY AND WIGSTON |
2 |
|
ORKNEY ISLANDS |
1 |
|
PEMBROKESHIRE |
48 |
|
PERTH AND KINROSS |
2 |
|
PETERBOROUGH |
142 |
|
PLYMOUTH |
97 |
|
POOLE |
23 |
|
PORTSMOUTH |
70 |
|
POWYS |
75 |
|
PRESTON |
2 |
|
PURBECK |
39 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
11 |
|
RICHMOND UPON THAMES |
7 |
|
RICHMONDSHIRE |
72 |
|
RUGBY |
21 |
|
RUNNYMEDE |
8 |
|
RUSHMOOR |
135 |
|
RUTLAND |
113 |
|
SCARBOROUGH |
5 |
|
SEVENOAKS |
7 |
|
SHEFFIELD |
2 |
|
SHEPWAY |
90 |
|
SHROPSHIRE |
129 |
|
SOMERSET |
19 |
|
SOUTH AYRSHIRE |
7 |
|
SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE |
136 |
|
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE |
29 |
|
SOUTH HAMS |
17 |
|
SOUTH KESTEVEN |
15 |
|
SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE |
108 |
|
SOUTH SOMERSET |
57 |
|
SPELTHORNE |
20 |
|
ST. EDMUNDSBURY |
61 |
|
STAFFORD |
71 |
|
STIRLING |
1 |
|
STRATFORD-ON-AVON |
29 |
|
SUFFOLK COASTAL |
53 |
|
SURREY HEATH |
80 |
|
SWINDON |
25 |
|
TAUNTON DEANE |
11 |
|
TEIGNBRIDGE |
1 |
|
TELFORD AND WREKIN |
54 |
|
TEST VALLEY |
63 |
|
TEWKESBURY |
32 |
|
THANET |
1 |
|
THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN |
66 |
|
THREE RIVERS |
19 |
|
UTTLESFORD |
20 |
|
VALE OF WHITE HORSE |
184 |
|
WANDSWORTH |
13 |
|
WEST BERKSHIRE |
50 |
|
WEST DEVON |
3 |
|
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE |
4 |
|
WEST LINDSEY |
16 |
|
WEST OXFORDSHIRE |
76 |
|
WESTMINSTER |
14 |
|
WILTSHIRE |
1117 |
|
WINCHESTER |
61 |
|
WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD |
70 |
|
WOKING |
7 |
|
WOKINGHAM |
141 |
|
WREXHAM |
1 |
|
WYCOMBE |
145 |
|
YORK |
37 |
