§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the housing stock of the Ministry of Defence by year of construction of the various types of dwellings.
§ Mr. William RodgersThis information is not readily available.
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§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of the income and expenditure for each of the last five years attributable to his Department's management of its housing stock.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe cost of managing Service married quarters and civilian houses in the United Kingdom, covering structural repair and minor works improvements schemes, but excluding administrative and furnishing costs and also contributions in lieu of rates, was as follows:
£ million 1971–72 15.6 1972–73 16.2 1973–74 18.4 1974–75 21.9 1975–76 27.9 (estimate) Accommodation charges recovered in respect of Service married quarters and civilian houses in the United Kingdom are estimated to have been as follows:
£ million 1974–75 26.7 1975–76 35.3 Figures for earlier years are not readily available.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence houses were constructed in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. William RodgersDuring the last five years the Ministry of Defence acquired the following houses in the United Kingdom:
Financial Year Number of Houses 1971–72 2,062 1972–73 2,021 1973–74 1,693 1974–75 1,246 1975–76 1,008
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of Ministry of Defence houses in the United Kingdom are currently occupied by (a) military personnel and (b) civilian personnel.
§ Mr. William RodgersAccording to the latest available information, some 88 per cent. of the 98,000 Service married quarters and 96 per cent. of the 5,700 civilian houses in the United Kingdom306W are occupied. Some Service married quarters are occupied by civilian personnel.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the average length of tenancy of a Ministry of Defence house.
§ Mr. William RodgersThis information is not readily available.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence houses there are at Fauld in Staffordshire; and how long they have been empty.
§ Mr. William RodgersThere are 10 Ministry of Defence houses at Fauld in Staffordshire, all of which have been vacant for about four years. They will be disposed of when the site, a former RAF ammunition depot, has been cleared. Some 600 other Ministry of Defence houses in the area have been disposed of in the last five years.