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Armed Forces: Housing

Volume 457: debated on Wednesday 7 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many properties his Department leases from Annington Homes; where they are located; and how much his Department spent on (a) leasing and (b) maintaining and refurbishing them in each year since 1996. (119265)

As at 25 December 2006 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) leased 41,831 properties from Annington Homes. The contract with Annington Homes was signed on 5 November 1996.

The service family homes leased from Annington are spread across some 540 sites in England and Wales which serve RAF stations, Army Barracks and Naval bases, as well as Reserve Forces and Cadets Association centres. Some are official residences. A more detailed breakdown of the location of these properties will take more time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member when this has been done and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

The Ministry of Defence spent the following amounts on leasing family quarters from Annington Homes Ltd.:

£ million

1996

16.80

1997

110.96

1998

109.03

1999

107.87

2000

112.48

2001

115.42

2002

122.34

2003

130.76

2004

130.91

2005

136.43

2006

142.42

Rent was calculated from 5 November 1996 to 24 December 1996 for the first year and from 25 December to 24 December for each subsequent year.

The information in respect of maintenance and refurbishment of properties leased from Annington Homes is not available for all years, as it was collected and managed by individual Housing Directorate regions and their contractors in differing formats. However, the MOD spent the following amounts:

£ million

2001-02

123.0

2002-03

92.0

2003-04

103.0

2004-05

191.6

2005-06

1109.2

1 Includes upgrade expenditure of £10.2 million (2004-05) and £21.1 million (2005-06) although some of this may have been expended on houses still owned by the MOD.