Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 19th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many properties vacated by a service family leaving service family accommodation at march out Carillion Amey has accepted a cleaning fee in the last three years; how much was charged for each clean; which contractor performed the deep clean and how the standard for that clean was assessed.


This question was answered on 25th April 2016

From 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2016, 6,230 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) houses have been subject to the Walkaway (deep clean) scheme. This is a voluntary scheme and individuals can choose to undertake the cleaning themselves. Data prior to this date is not held.

Customers may select various cleaning options for which the average spend is £219 (exc. VAT). A full schedule of rates in relation to the scheme is published on the CarillionAmey website

http://www.carillionamey.co.uk/media/263572/ca_walk_away_cleaning_and_gardening_schedule_of_rates.pdf

A list of contractors who clean properties is shown in the following table:

CONTRACTOR

REGION COVERED

Amey Community Ltd

SW, Central – East

Jones & Hampton Ltd

Central - West

GB Electrical Ltd

SW, Central – West

Office & General Environmental Services

South East

CLC Contractors Ltd Central

North

Team Q Ltd (until 1 March 2016)

Scotland

Amey Community Ltd (since 1 March 2016)

Scotland

Turkingtons Ltd

Northern Ireland

The CarillionAmey Accommodation Officer is responsible for checking the work has been completed and is to move in standard prior to occupation by a service family.

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