Armed Forces: Housing

(asked on 5th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average waiting time is for repairs requested through the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 5th January 2026

The table below details the average repair response times for Emergency, Urgent and Routine maintenance tasks by Ministry of Defence (MOD) contractors for Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in the UK in November 2025:

Average

Amey Performance

VIVO Performance

Acceptable Level of Performance as per Contract

Average Completion Time – Emergency

1 hour 37 mins

1 hour 39 mins

Respond and make safe within 2 hours. Then allocated as Urgent or Routine.

Average Completion Time – Urgent

45 hrs 32 mins

29 hours 12 mins

Attend and rectify within 48 hours.

Average Completion Time – Routine

9.82days

10 days

Attend and rectify within 10 days.

Single Living Accommodation (SLA)

The table below details the average repair response by MOD contractors for Single Living Accommodation across the UK Built Estate in November 2025:

Average

Average Completion Time in Hours

Acceptable level of Performance

Emergency

4 hrs 34 mins

Make safe immediately

Critical

6.39 days

Restore functionality in up to 12 hours. Permanent resolution up to 12 working days.

Urgent

18.61 days

Restore functionality in up to 5 working days. Permanent resolution up to 20 working days.

Routine

18.45 days

Permanent resolution up to 20 working days.

Contractor performance for both SFA and SLA meets the Key Performance Indicators for response times as set out in the contacts.

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