Inspections on Service Families Accommodation at Pirbright are carried out by representatives of Modern Housing Solutions, the Housing Prime Contractor.
21 per cent. of Service Families Accommodation (SFA) at Pirbright (105 properties) are currently unoccupied, of which 67 properties (13 per cent. of the total SFA stock at Pirbright) are unavailable for occupation.
The 67 properties include those under offer to or accepted by a service family; is awaiting return to Annington Homes Ltd in accordance with the 1996 Sale Agreement; is awaiting maintenance or upgrade work; or is held pending a future deployment of service personnel into the area.
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
From information held by the service police the reported break-ins for each year are:
Reported break-ins 1997 1,650 1998 1,619 1999 1,334 2000 1,369 2001 1,204 2002 1,535 2003 1,732 2004 1,354 2005 933 2006 729 2007 1260 1 To date.
These figures do not include incidents which are not reported to the service police by the Home Department Police Forces or the Ministry of Defence Police, who do not differentiate service accommodation from other types of residence.