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Armed Forces: Housing

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 164395, tabled on 16 July 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of accommodation for armed forces families in the last three years.

Answered on

24 July 2018

The amount allocated by the Ministry of Defence for accommodation over the last three financial years (FY) is shown in the following table.

Work type

FY2015-16

FY2016-17

FY2017-18

Totals

Core Services[1]

£82,724,000

£74,199,000

£82,152,000

£239,075,000

Improvements[2]

£53,002,000

£64,789,000

£56,194,000

£173,985,000

Additional Works[3]

£13,711,000

£22,784,000

£26,185,000

£62,680,000

Capital Purchases[4]

£19,804,000

£11,031,000

£690,000

£31,525,000

Estimated Rent Costs

£33,499,500

£34,931,000

£38,535,000

£106,965,500

Total

£202,740,500

£207,734,000

£203,756,000

£614,230.500

[1] Cores services covers routine repairs and maintenance, gas and electric safety checks.

[2] Improvements covers installation of new kitchens and bathrooms in multiple Service Family Accommodation.

[3] Includes adaptations, Combined Accommodation Assessment System surveys, professional services, asbestos removal, electrical testing, regional minor works, demolitions etc.

[4] Capital Purchases covers buying new houses from developers.