asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will extend the provision of the scheme under which Service house owners can apply for reimbursement of legal costs of repossession, so that they can also reclaim accommodation costs on the same terms as members of the Civil and Diplomatic Services.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Churchill) on 19th May 1978.—[Vol. 950, c. 345.] The schemes under which members of the Diplomatic and Civil Services and of the Armed Forces can claim reimbursement of costs incurred in repossession are identical.