Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many eviction notices have been served to tenants in Ministry of Defence owned properties (1) in each month since January, and (2) in each year from 2010 to 2020.
Answered on
8 October 2020
The Department does not issue eviction notices; these are issued and enforced by a court. The Department issues Notices to Vacate (NTV) in the following circumstances:
Service personnel to coincide with the final day of Service, or when their entitlement ceases due to personal circumstances.
Civilian sub-let tenants prior to the termination of their occupancy.
The annual number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel/former Service personnel in Financial Year 2015 - 2019 was as follows:
(No centralised records were kept on the number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel in Service Families Accommodation prior to 1 April 2015).
Period of time | Number of NTV issued | Number of enforcement actions |
1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016 | 2,330 | 114 |
1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017 | 2,108 | 43 |
1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018 | 2,264 | 58 |
1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019 | 2,558 | 51 |
1 April 2019 - 31 December 2019 | 1,611 | 37 |
The monthly number of NTV and enforcement actions required to regain possession from Service personnel/former Service personnel since January 2020 was as follows:
Period of time | Number of NTV issued | Number of enforcement actions |
January 2020 | 166 | 1 |
February 2020 | 105 | 1 |
March 2020 | 110 | 1 |
April – September 2020 | 0 | 1 |
The annual number of NTV and and enforcement actions required to regain possession from civilian sub-let tenants from Financial Year 2016 - 2019:
(The civilian sub-let programme started in 2016, and as such is reflected in the table below)
Period of time | Number of NTV issued | Number of enforcement actions |
1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016 | 0 | 0 |
1 January 2017 - 31 December 2017 | 1 | 0 |
1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018 | 0 | 0 |
1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 | 8 | 3 |
The monthly number of NTV issued to civilian sub-let tenants since January 2019:
January 2020 | February 2020 | March - August 2020 | September 2020 | ||
0 | 4 | 0 | 367 |