HC Deb 16 July 2002 vol 389 cc159-60W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the standard practice for Defence Housing Executive branches on records of repairs done on housing. [69462]

Dr. Moonie

Requests for repairs are logged locally on the Defence Housing Executive IT database. The database is nationally networked and each administrative stage of the repairs process is electronically managed to the stage of financial completion. Records are stored electronically and supported by hard copies of works orders and invoices.

Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many married quarters there are in Warminster, broken down by standard of condition. [69695]

Dr. Moonie

There are 601 service family quarters in Warminster, of which 85 are at Standard 1 for condition, 443 at Standard 2 and 73 at Standard 3. Just under 90 per cent. are thus at Standard 2 or above.

Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to improve the standard of service families' accommodation in Wiltshire. [69696]

Dr. Moonie

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 July 2002,Official Report, column 846W.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much(a) single living accommodation and (b) single family accommodation was empty in each month since January; and if he will make a statement. [69461]

Dr. Moonie

The figures for empty single living accommodation are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The approximate figures for vacant service family accommodation (SFA) in mainland United Kingdom at the end of each month from January to June 2002 is as follows:

Figures
January 10,500
February 10,300
March 8,800
April 8,500
May 8,600
June 8,800

Many disposals took effect in March 2002. Since January 2000, over 10,000 surplus SFA have been released for disposal. Of the properties currently vacant, some 2,400 properties are in the course of disposal; some 2,300 are held for future unit deployments; 1,100 are awaiting modernisation and the remainder are available to incoming occupants or already under offer to them.