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Armed Forces: Housing

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 49131

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 36,347 houses re-acquired by his Department in January 2025 house service (a) personnel and (b) families.

Answered by Al Carns

As at 30 April 2025, of the properties re-acquired by the Department in January 2025, 29,622 are let.

Of these, 26,470 are let to Service personnel and their families and a further 402 are let to Service personnel as appropriated as Single Living Accommodation.

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