Armed Forces: Housing
(asked on 18th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter deposited in the House of Commons, committed on 27 December 2023, paper reference DEP2024-0002, for what reason the sum of figures in columns headed 2018 to 2023 do not equal the totals under each of those columns; and for what reason the number of grade two personnel in the column headed 2023, as at 29 Nov 2023 is significantly lower than previous years.
I regret that the data provided in response to Parliamentary Questions 4252, 4253 and 4254 was incorrect and should read as highlighted below.
The below table details the number of service personnel living in SLA in each calendar year since 2018.
Permanent SLA | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 to date |
Below Grade 4 | 4,570 | 4,530 | 4,690 | 4,680 | 4,620 | 4,320 |
Grade 1 | 32,920 | 32,240 | 26,220 | 22,470 | 21,010 | 19,030 |
Grade 2 | 28,510 | 32,910 | 35,470 | 36,310 | 37,100 | 34,620 |
Grade 3 | 18,840 | 20,990 | 19,720 | 18,860 | 17,020 | 19,590 |
Grade 4 | 37,950 | 40,910 | 42,850 | 43,870 | 40,680 | 38,500 |
Other | 5,820 | 6,410 | 5,940 | 6,220 | 6,780 | 5,700 |
Total | 94,030 | 96,480 | 98,660 | 100,560 | 97,280 | 92,000 |
Military Personnel may have been in more than one category throughout the year. Therefore, the total column provides a distinct count of Military Personnel in each year and does not equal the sum of the column.