Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing formal (a) criteria and (b) guidelines for leasing its properties to third parties.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has formal criteria and guidelines for the leasing of properties to third parties.

Criteria and guidelines for Service Family Accommodation (SFA) leased to non-military personnel is set out in the MOD’s contract with Pinnacle Service Families. A separate process is in place for SFA that is utilised under the Afghan Resettlement Programme.

The remaining leases criteria and guidelines are set out in Joint Service Publication 850.