HC Deb 20 March 1980 vol 981 c304W
Mr. Robert Atkins

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many married quarters are under the control of his Department; and how many are currently vacant.

Mr. Hayhoe

There are some 92,000 Service married quarters in the United Kingdom, about 21,000 of which are vacant, but not all of these are surplus; some have been allocated, some are awaiting repair and some are held for proposed or possible future deployments. However, we are pressing ahead with the disposal of surplus quarters.