Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Glencorse Barracks as of 23 April 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 480 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Glencorse Barracks.
Please note the following caveats:
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Dreghorn Barracks as of 23 April 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 670 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Dreghorn Barracks.
Please note the following caveats:
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RRH Buchan as of 23 April 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 20 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Remote Radar Head (RRH) Buchan.
Please note, UK Forces Service personnel is defined as UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RRH Benbecula.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were no UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at Remote Radar Head Benbecula.
Please note, all UK Forces Service personnel is defined as UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Kirknewton.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were no UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Kirknewton.
Please note, UK Forces Service personnel is defined as UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation at HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022 are shown in the table below.
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
HMS Raleigh | 42 | 43 | 163 | 7 | 9 |
The total number of callouts that have been made to HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022 excluding SFA, are shown in the table below.
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
HMS Raleigh | 184 | 637 | 1017 | 108 | 56 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments were awarded to families living in service family accommodation in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2024; and what the value of such payments was in each month.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The table below details the number of compensation payments awarded to families living in Service Family Accommodation between 1 January and 21 April 2024, and the value of those compensation payments.
Month | Number of compensation payments made to Service families | Value of payments |
January 2024 | 1,434 | £144,469 |
February 2024 | 1,382 | £95,411 |
March 2024 | 845 | £75,261 |
April 2024 (1 April – 21 April 2024) | 478 | £35,245 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at HMS Raleigh since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Department has not undertaken any improvement works on Service Family Accommodation (SFA) at HMS Raleigh since April 2022. There are 95 SFA properties directly attached to HMS Raleigh. However, the Department has spent over £10 million on SFA in the Plymouth area, where personnel from HMS Raleigh could reside.
The following has been spent on Single Living Accommodation for HMS Raleigh since April 2022:
Improvements = £439,918
Maintenance = £1,433,951
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Defence Command Paper 2023, published on 18 July 2023, how much of the £400 million announced for improving service accommodation has been spent as of 24 April 2024.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As at 24 April 2024, circa £220 million of works to improve Service Family Accommodation were delivered in Financial Year 2023-24. The balance of £180 million is fully committed, with work being delivered over the next 12 months.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMS Raleigh as of 24 April 2024..
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
As of 1 January 2024, there were 970 personnel based at HMS RALEIGH across all UK Forces. This figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.
This number is subject to constant change due to personnel being deployed, completing their draft at HMS RALEIGH or starting new roles.