Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

The Armed Forces Commissioner will be recruited following Parliament’s consideration of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 6 November. The Commissioner’s recruitment will be undertaken via a Public Appointment process and will be subject to pre-appointment scrutiny by the House of Commons Defence Select Committee.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) manages c47,000 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the UK. The Government inherited an SFA estate which is ageing and requires sustained investment to arrest decline and maintain accommodation and delivery standards.

The Secretary of State for Defence has committed to reviewing its target standard for accommodation with the aim of improving the standard of SFA across the estate, and to better delineate between the current, varied standards of condition.

Planning for winter 2024-25 has included delivering a full day Rehearsal of Concept (RoC) Drill on 5 September 2024, to test MOD’s contractors’ plans for winter preparedness against extreme weather scenarios. Preparedness has included ensuring appropriate resource is in place, conducting pre-winter maintenance work, issuing Winter Preparedness communications to Service families, and preparing contingency plans should extreme weather events emerge.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) manages c47,000 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the UK. The Government inherited an SFA estate which is ageing and requires sustained investment to arrest decline and maintain accommodation and delivery standards.

The Secretary of State for Defence has committed to reviewing its target standard for accommodation with the aim of improving the standard of SFA across the estate, and to better delineate between the current, varied standards of condition.

Planning for winter 2024-25 has included delivering a full day Rehearsal of Concept (RoC) Drill on 5 September 2024, to test MOD’s contractors’ plans for winter preparedness against extreme weather scenarios. Preparedness has included ensuring appropriate resource is in place, conducting pre-winter maintenance work, issuing Winter Preparedness communications to Service families, and preparing contingency plans should extreme weather events emerge.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) manages c47,000 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the UK. The Government inherited an SFA estate which is ageing and requires sustained investment to arrest decline and maintain accommodation and delivery standards.

The Secretary of State for Defence has committed to reviewing its target standard for accommodation with the aim of improving the standard of SFA across the estate, and to better delineate between the current, varied standards of condition.

Planning for winter 2024-25 has included delivering a full day Rehearsal of Concept (RoC) Drill on 5 September 2024, to test MOD’s contractors’ plans for winter preparedness against extreme weather scenarios. Preparedness has included ensuring appropriate resource is in place, conducting pre-winter maintenance work, issuing Winter Preparedness communications to Service families, and preparing contingency plans should extreme weather events emerge.