§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department's police house at 91 Ampleforth Road, SE2, first became vacant; why it has been kept empty; and when it is expected to be brought back into use.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe house concerned has been vacant since December 1981. It was due to be reoccupied in May 1982, but certain repairs and redecoration were necessary, and the designated occupant was housed elsewhere. Repairs were completed later in 1982, but since then a shortfall in Ministry of Defence police strength at Woolwich has meant that the house has remained temporarily unoccupied. It has now been allocated to a recruit who is due to move in with her family in March on completion of initial training.