Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many married quarters are currently vacant but not awaiting major works in each region, as at 3 December.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonAs at 31 December 1991, a total of 8,333 service married quarters were vacant but not awaiting major works.
The regional breakdown is as follows:
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Region Total vacant excluding those awaiting major works Northern 42 Yorkshire 680 East Midlands 482 East Anglia 511 South East 3,288 South West 1,480 West Midlands 300
Region Total vacant excluding those awaiting major works North West 134 Wales 216 Scotland 811 Northern Ireland 389 Total 8,333 Many of these properties were undergoing major works or modernisation, some were already allotted to service
15 January 1979 15 January 1980 15 April 1981 15 April 1982 15 April 1983 15 April 1984 15 January 1985 31 March 1986 31 March 1987 31 March 1988 31 March 1989 31 March 1990 31 March 1991 Northern 202 193 164 153 160 154 186 122 133 146 136 79 68 Yorkshire 1,681 1,792 1,520 1,599 1,366 1,091 1,414 1,298 1,329 948 1,164 755 673 North West 411 401 374 149 141 148 116 163 149 153 160 136 112 South East 7,280 6,991 4,438 4,731 5,195 4,632 5,365 4,814 5,856 5,322 4,905 4,172 3,532 South West 4,863 4,863 3,162 2,027 2,297 1,970 2,395 2,777 3,195 3,251 2,627 1,601 1,622 East Anglia 1,819 1,864 1,400 1,226 1,126 1,042 907 675 902 1,015 905 636 885 East Midlands 2,092 1,705 1,291 1,405 1,745 1,777 1,565 1,422 1,172 1,423 1,455 859 698 West Midlands 1,090 1,013 419 474 547 444 599 556 790 745 665 361 303 Wales 506 538 291 260 350 335 277 337 383 390 514 423 391 Scotland 1,405 1,569 1,364 1,064 996 976 1,133 1,440 1,492 1,452 1,666 1,427 1,295 Northern Ireland 297 500 206 138 136 100 212 272 326 383 538 621 534 Total 21,646 21,429 14,629 13,226 14,059 12,669 14,169 13,876 15,727 15,228 14,735 11,070 10,113