Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
(asked on 28th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's unused properties in Scotland; and what plans he has for each of those properties.
As of 2 March 2020, there are 863 unused Ministry of Defence (MOD) properties in Scotland. These properties are Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and a complete list by county can be found below:
Aberdeenshire | 4 |
Angus | 27 |
Argyll and Bute | 133 |
Ayrshire | 7 |
Dumbarton | 4 |
Edinburgh | 159 |
Fife | 206 |
Inverness-shire | 29 |
Isle of Benbecula | 6 |
Midlothian | 23 |
Moray | 234 |
North Lanarkshire | 3 |
Perth | 1 |
Renfrewshire | 21 |
Stirling | 6 |
The Department needs to maintain a management margin of 10% vacant properties at each location so that there are sufficient homes of the appropriate size to accommodate Service Personnel when required. Although currently above this level at 27%, the Department has a plan to reduce these as part of the work to achieve a 10% management margin by Autumn 2021.
MOD continues to maintain vacant properties in Scotland at minimum Decent Homes Standard to allow their allocation to Service families, while looking for opportunities to better utilise or further rationalise the SFA estate.