Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60855 on Annington Homes, what progress has been made on resolving the issue of rent payable for the lease of the service family accommodation estate.

This matter is currently subject to a formal arbitration process chaired by Lord Neuberger. An initial determination on the first sites selected for arbitration was received in September 2020 with the next batch subject to Arbitration hearings during February 2021. The Ministry of Defence expect to have determination on all sites by autumn 2021.