§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many dwellings owned by his Ministry were unoccupied on(a) 31 March 1992 and (b) 31 March 1991; how many of these were either undergoing or awaiting major maintenance work or modernisation; how many were already allocated to service families; how many were in the process of being sold; and how many were being held for agreed deployments.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is as follows: 475W
31 March 1992 31 March 1991 Married Quarters Unoccupied 9,364 10,111 Undergoing or awaiting major maintenance or modernisation 2,829 3,675 Allocated to Service families 2,255 1,569 Held for agreed deployments 290 337 MOD Civilian Houses Unoccupied 140 170 A breakdown into the above categories is not available for the MOD civilian houses.
In addition, 1,816 former married quarters were in the process of being sold on 31 March 1992 and 1,864 on 31 March 1991. Figures for the number of vacant MOD civilian houses in the process of being sold on these dates are not available.