Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence properties in North Shropshire were used as service family accommodation as of 31 January 2023; and how many and what proportion of that accommodation was deemed to meet the minimum standard for such accommodation.

There are 854 SFA properties in North Shropshire of which 666 are occupied. On 31 January 2023, 592 of these were occupied by service families and 74 were occupied by civilian occupants under the private rental scheme.

Of the 592 SFA occupied by service families, 585 (98.8%) meet or exceed the Decent Homes standard.

The seven occupied properties below the Decent Homes standard are structurally safe and sound and met the standard at the point of allocation. However, they have since fallen below and works are planned to bring them back up to the standard or above.

All SFA allocated to Service families in the UK meets the Government's Decent Homes Standard as a minimum. Homes below this standard are not allocated to Service personnel and their families.