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Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service and (b) service family accommodation properties there are in East Wiltshire, by property type.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

There are 313 permanent Single Living Accommodation Blocks across 17 Ministry of Defence Establishments in East Wiltshire. These consist of 10,577 rooms of which 10,465 are single en-suite and 112 are multi-occupancy with shared ablutions.

There are 4,753 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in East Wiltshire, the table below shows the total split by Property Type:

Type

Bedrooms/Rank

SFA Total

Type 1

4+ bedrooms (Officer SFA)

4

Type 2

4+ bedrooms (Officer SFA)

20

Type 3

4 bedrooms (Officer SFA)

161

Type 4

4 bedrooms (Officer SFA)

304

Type 5

3 bedrooms (Officer SFA)

365

B Type

2 bedrooms (Other Rank SFA)

772

C Type

3 bedrooms (Other Rank SFA)

2583

D Type

4 bedrooms (Other Rank SFA)

537

DS Type

4+ bedrooms (Other Rank SFA)

7


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded contracts for the (a) provision, (b) maintenance and (c) refurbishment of service family accommodation properties in East Wiltshire constituency; and if he will publish details of the nature and scope of those contracts.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

No contracts have been awarded for the provision of Service Family Accommodation properties in the East Wiltshire constituency as the Ministry of Defence has not purchased any new properties.

VIVO Defence Services under the Regional Accommodation Maintenance Services Contract for the South West have the responsibility for maintenance and refurbishment of Service Family Accommodation properties in the East Wiltshire constituency.

Details on the nature and scope of the contract as awarded can be found in Contracts Finder at the following link:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/fc5d2d7a-0a36-49ca-bc84-33ebc0265ad4?origin=SearchResults&p=4


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Housing
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department owns in East Wiltshire constituency; and how many of those (a) have Ministry of Defence tenants, (b) have private tenants and (c) are vacant.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

As of 4 July 2025, there are 4,739 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in East Wiltshire that are owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Of the 4,739 SFA properties:

a) 3,717 SFA are occupied by Service families.

b) 317 SFA are sublet to private tenants.

c) 705 SFA are vacant. 307 of these are available to be occupied (177 have been allocated to Service families to move into) and 398 are classed as void unavailable and therefore currently unavailable to be occupied.

The MOD is currently undertaking an extensive review of its entire estate, including how the department will make best use of the properties that have been reacquired from Annington, and which homes and locations can most benefit from investment to be brought back online, refurbished, and renovated for the use of Service families.


Written Question
Avian Influenza: Wiltshire
Thursday 19th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect rare bird breeds from avian influenza in the Salisbury Plain Special Protection Area.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has implemented outbreak structures to control and eradicate avian influenza, which will reduce impacts on wildlife.

We have also decided not to issue a general licence for gamebird releases on Special Protection Areas such as Salisbury Plain, to help protect our internationally important bird populations from avian influenza.


Written Question
Employment: Advisory Services
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full time equivalent work coaches were working in JobCentres in each month since July 2024.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The table below shows the monthly number of full-time equivalent Work Coaches working in Jobcentres since July 2024:

Month

Work Coach
Figure (FTE)

Jul-24

16,780

Aug-24

16,850

Sep-24

17,020

Oct-24

17,240

Nov-24

17,210

Dec-24

17,190

Jan-25

17,240

Feb-25

17,280

Mar-25

17,160

Apr-25

17,110

Notes:

  • Work Coach Full Time Equivalent (FTE) data supplied is from July 24 to April 25. This is the most up to date Data held.
  • The number of Work Coaches has been derived from DWP's Activity Based Model (ABM). This model gives an estimated FTE based on a point in time estimate by Line Managers, as recorded on our internal systems each month.
  • Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 FTE.
  • The number of Work Coaches refers to staff involved in conducting regular engagement with claimants, hence the data does not include Work Coach Team Leaders or Disability Employment Advisers.
  • Work coaches include both UC Full-Service Work Coaches and Existing Benefits Work Coaches.
  • The number of staff employed is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.

Written Question
Employment: Advisory Services
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a route for career progression for work coaches.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The work coach role sits within the Government Operational Delivery profession and is graded at Executive Officer level. Work coaches have the opportunity to progress their careers both within the Operational Delivery (Op Del) profession and within the civil service more generally.


Written Question
Employment: Advisory Services
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many minutes the average length of appointment is for a work coach.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Employment: Advisory Services
Monday 9th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what metrics are used to measure work coach performance in JobCentres.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

We do not measure performance at individual work coach level; performance is measured at jobcentre level. Regular performance discussions are held to review and manage jobcentre performance. DWP currently manages jobcentre performance through a comprehensive framework that includes key performance indicators, performance discussions, and various support mechanisms. Each jobcentre, district, group and area will have it's own performance discussions, supported by performance leaders who provide analytical support and insight relevant to their area.


Written Question
Employment: Advisory Services
Monday 9th June 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long work coaches stay in role after training on average.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Work Coaches undergo an intensive training period, peer support and a robust quality assurance process conducted by Line Managers throughout their onward delivery.

Whilst we hold data on Work Coach leavers per month, we do not hold data on the length of time in role. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Archbishops' Council
Tuesday 20th May 2025

Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - East Wiltshire)

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if she will (a) publish the amounts certified under subsection 2(6) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 for each year since that provision came into force and (b) place copies of the annual statutory certificates issued to the Church Commissioners under subsection 2(6) in the House of Commons Library.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissioners will be able to publish the 2024 certificate after the annual general meeting on the 19th June, when the Church Commissioners' annual report will be published and laid in the House of Commons Library. The Commissioners have committed to publishing certificates from 2024 onwards on the Church of England website, but are unable to publish the retrospective information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.

Recent copies of the Church Commissioners' annual report state which grants have been made to the Archbishops’ Council. In the 2023 annual report, this information can be found on page 101 (the-church-commissioners-for-england-annual-report-2023_1.pdf).

Many of the older reports are available online at: Publications | The Church of England.

The complete collection of annual reports is available from the House of Commons Library.

Further details can also be found in recent Archbishops’ Council annual reports, at: Archbishops’ Council | The Church of England (scroll down). In the most recent 2023 annual report, the additional information is located on pages 68-75, where the Church Commissioners' funding provided the majority of the Archbishops’ Council's charitable expenditure.