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Armed Forces: Housing

Volume 460: debated on Tuesday 22 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what percentage of accommodation provided by his Department to those of the rank of (a) General, (b) Lieutenant General, (c) Major General, (d) Brigadier, (e) Colonel, (f) Lieutenant Colonel, (g) Major and (h) Captain is considered to be of Standard 1 condition; (137728)

(2) what percentage of accommodation provided by his Department to those of the rank of (a) general, (b) lieutenant general, (c) major general, (d) brigadier, (e) colonel, (f) lieutenant colonel, (g) major and (h) captain is considered to be of Standard 4 condition.

Service Families Accommodation (SFA) is provided in accordance with the published Tri-Service Accommodation Regulations. The Standard for Condition of each Type of SFA, along with the Army ranks entitled to it, is shown in the following table:

Percentage

SFA

Rank

Standard 1 for Condition

Standard 2 for Condition

Standard 3 for Condition

Standard 4 for Condition

Type 1

General, LtGen

29

46

25

0

Type 2

Maj Gen, Brig, Col

46

41

12

1

Type 3

Brig, Col, LtCol

54

40

6

0

Type 4

Major

53

42

4

1

Type 5S

Major

36

53

5

1

Type 5

Captain and below

57

40

2

1

Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest whole per cent. Some Type 5 Special SFA is not categorised, so the percentage figures do not add up to 100.

The Type of SFA offered to Captain (and below) can be affected by their number of dependants.