Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what consultation they undertook with service personnel and their families regarding the Modernised Accommodation Offer for the armed forces.
Answered by Earl of Minto - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Modernised Accommodation Offer built on extensive consultation from the Future Accommodation Model as well as further research as the policy was finalised. As part of the current review, we will be undertaking further consultations with Service personnel and families.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that single living and service family accommodation is adequately maintained this winter.
Answered by Earl of Minto - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
To ensure Single Living Accommodation is adequately maintained this winter, the Department has introduced enhanced planned maintenance for heating and hot water systems with "plug-in" functionality for temporary boilers and generators to improve resilience, reliability, and availability across a significant number of Single Living Accommodation. Furthermore, fault, defect and maintenance management information for heating, hot water, damp and mould is being enhanced, enabling pro-active interventions that will reduce the probability of failure and improve the reliability of installations.
All Single Living Accommodation service contracts are recognised to be performing to the required Key Performance Indicator standards.
A Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) to communicate the action that has been taken to prepare for Service Family Accommodation over the winter period was laid in the House on 13 November 2023. A link to the WMS can be found below:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-11-13/hcws28
The WMS includes planned works to address issues such as damp and mould that have greater impact in winter; and measures to improve performance delivering responsive repairs resulting from, or occurring during, inclement weather.