To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have received a Certificate of Cessation of Entitlement to Occupy Service Living Accommodation (a) five months, (b) four months, (c) three months, (d) two months and (e) less than one month before discharge in each of the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement. (283498)

A Certificate of Cessation of Entitlement to Occupy Service Accommodation is provided in order to assist personnel and their families in seeking social housing, and is issued on request.

Information relating to the certificates is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.