Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 30th April 2025) - View Source
Questioner
James Wild Portrait
James Wild
(Conservative - North West Norfolk)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the 40 most expensive substitute (a) service family accommodation and (a) single living accommodation properties were by (i) monthly rental and (b) location in each of the last 12 months.

Answered by
Al Carns Portrait
Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 8th May 2025

Since 1 April 2022, substitute accommodation has been delivered under the Rented Living Accommodation Project (RLAP). Under RLAP, Mears Group provide both Substitute Service Family Accommodation (SSFA) and Single Service Substitute Accommodation (SSSA) including the occupation management of the substitute accommodation portfolio, repairs and maintenance.

For all substitute accommodation, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) pays a contractual rate in lieu of rental cost. The contractual rate is commercially sensitive, and its disclosure would prejudice Ministry of Defence's commercial interests and relationship with its contractor, Mears.

The 40 most expensive SSSA properties are all located in London.

For SSFA, the table below provides details of the 40 locations with the highest contractual rate for properties, by month, from April 2024 to March 2025:

Date

Location

London

South East

Scotland / NI

Midlands

East

North-East Yorkshire / Humberside

South-West

North-West

Wales

Apr 24

5

17

1

6

4

1

4

2

May 24

5

17

1

6

4

1

4

2

Jun 24

6

16

1

6

4

1

4

2

Jul 24

6

16

2

6

3

1

4

2

Aug 24

7

16

2

6

1

1

4

3

Sep 24

6

17

2

6

1

1

4

3

Oct 24

6

16

2

10

1

1

1

3

Nov 24

6

16

2

10

1

1

1

3

Dec 24

6

16

2

5

1

1

6

3

Jan 25

6

14

2

5

1

1

8

3

Feb 25

6

2

2

5

2

0

20

0

3

Mar 25

6

14

2

5

1

2

8

2

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