To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service family accommodation properties in (a) Cyprus, (b) Gibraltar and (c) Germany are at standard (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4. (148238)

Service Families Accommodation (SFA) in Cyprus, Gibraltar and Germany is assessed by Grade for Charge rather than Standard for Condition.

Grade for charge is broken down by amenities and location with Grade 1 close to all amenities. Standard for Condition relates to the physical condition of the property.

The total number of SFA by Grade is as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many single living accommodation properties for service personnel in (a) Cyprus, (b) Gibraltar and (c) Germany are of standard (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4. (148239)

Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in Cyprus and Gibraltar and Germany is assessed by Grade for Charge rather than Standard for Condition.

Grade for charge is broken down by amenities and location with Grade 1 close to all amenities. Standard for Condition relates to the physical condition of the property.

As at April 2007, the total number of SLA in each location at each grade is as follows:

For SLA in Cyprus proposed improvements programme will provide 650 bed spaces after 2008. The remaining SLA in Cyprus is transit accommodation for operational deployments.

111 bed spaces are to be upgraded in Gibraltar.

Germany SLA, 374 bed spaces are to be upgraded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many eviction orders were served on occupants of service married quarters in each year since 1997. (150127)

Records for eviction orders are only available from November 2000.

Applications for eviction orders in England and Wales, are shown as follows.

Service personnel who lose their entitlement to Service Families Accommodation (SFA) can be served eviction orders and are included in these figures. Personnel can lose entitlement due to leaving the services or following a breakdown of the marriage. Few eviction orders actually lead to the occupant having to be forcibly evicted from their SFA.

Records of evictions from Scotland, Northern Ireland and overseas SFA are not held centrally and will take time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reports were made of faulty cookers in service families accommodation in each year since 2005; and what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to make repairs to such cookers was in each year. (151759)

This information is not held centrally and therefore could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken between ordering and installing made to order parts for boilers in Service Families and Single Living Accommodation was in each year since 2005; (151761)

This information is not held centrally and therefore could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of providing housing for members of the Army in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by rank. (152702)

Service Families Accommodation in Great Britain is provided on a Tri-Service basis and it is not possible to identify costs relating solely to the Army or to provide a breakdown by rank. Of the £81 million spent on service housing in 2006-07, it is estimated that about 50 per cent. would relate to Army personnel.