Armed Forces: Housing Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of single living accommodation in (a) Scotland, (b) northern and central England, (c) south east England, (d) south west England and (e) Greater London have been classified at (i) Standard 1, (ii) Standard 2, (iii) Standard 3 and (iv) Standard 4. Derek Twigg The required information is not held in the format requested and it will take a little more time to establish whether an answer can be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House. Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service families accommodation is occupied by (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF personnel. Derek Twigg The following table contains the worldwide position (correct as at 1 April 2006). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Single living accommodation|Service families accommodation| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Navy|15 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Army |50 |55 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |RAF |25 |30 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other |10 |5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF personnel live in Ministry of Defence accommodation. Derek Twigg As at 1 April 2006, the following percentage of personnel in each service paying charges for Defence accommodation were: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Service |Number paying accommodation charges|Total strength of service|Percentage| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Navy|14,627 |39,390 |37 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Army |78,902 |107,703 |73 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |RAF |27,908 |48,730 |57 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These figures exclude personnel who are entitled to occupy MOD accommodation but are not subject to accommodation charges. Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel received the long service advance of pay for house purchase in each of the last five years; and what the budget for long service advance of pay is in 2006-07. Derek Twigg The number of service personnel who have received a long service advance of pay (LSAP) for house purchase in the last five years are set out as follows. -------------------------------------------- |Financial year|Number of service personnel| -------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |2,670 | -------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |2,645 | -------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |2,072 | -------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |1,906 | -------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |2,096 | -------------------------------------------- As at 31 December 2006, 2,523 personnel had received LSAP during financial year 2006-07. The forecast LSAP expenditure for financial year 2006-07 is £26.36 million. Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many void (a) single living and (b) service family units there are; and what proportion of the total stock they form. Derek Twigg The information requested is not held centrally and will take a little time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.