Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 1829, on Armed Forces: Housing, how many of the 200 long-term empty home refurbishments (a) were completed by 14 October 2024 and (b) will be completed in the remainder of the financial year.

Of the 600 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) identified for insulation improvements, 491 SFA still have workers onsite with 109 out of the 600 completed. 42 of these were completed by 14 October 2024. All projects are currently expected to be completed before the end of Financial Year (FY) 2024-25.

13 Projects encompassing 1,219 SFA have been completed this FY (976 SFA were completed by 14 October 2024) although some of these SFA will have been completed last FY as projects usually last for a period of six-nine months. seven projects encompassing a further 603 SFA are ongoing - with project completion ranging from 80% to 99%. All are currently expected to be completed by the end of the FY 2024-25.

All but one of the remaining long-term empty home refurbishments were completed by 14 October 2024. The remaining home completed and handed over to the Service personnel on 29 November 2024.

4,314 SFA had improvement packages delivered by 14 October 2024. A further 899 damp and mould packages will be carried out over the next few months using existing funding meaning that 8,763 SFA will have received a damp and mould package of work in the last two FY’s.  The damp and mould historic backlog has now been cleared with only emergent and re-emergent cases needing to be addressed.

78 SFA have received heating replacement works this FY, all were completed by 14 October 2024. There are no plans within this FY to upgrade any further heating solutions.