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Armed Forces: Housing

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 115771, tabled on 27 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tenants of Service Family Accommodation properties allocated under a civilian licence or as part of a sub-letting programme have had security vetting and what the level was of that vetting.

Answered on

5 December 2017

Tenants of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties allocated under a civilian licence are generally Civil Servants or Reservists. They are not subject to security vetting associated with their eligibility to occupy SFA, any security vetting relates to their role.

All sublet tenants undergo normal credit and reference checks.

Specific security issues are taken into account when looking at prospective sublet sites, the risk of subletting specific properties has been thoroughly assessed and those occupying these properties do not need to be security vetted.