Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Single Living Accommodation units in each UK local authority area have experienced loss of (a) heating and (b) hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2018.

Information on the number of occasions Single Living Accommodation (SLA) units in each UK local authority area that have experienced a loss of heating and hot water for over 24 hours in each year since 2018 can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

Enhancing the standard of accommodation, including SLA is essential to the morale and retention of Service personnel and is a priority within the Defence infrastructure portfolio.

Defence is committed under the Strategic Defence Review to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation. Delivery of new, modernised SLA is already underway, with further detail on the investment in new and refurbished SLA to be set out in due course.