Armed Forces: Housing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Single Living Accommodation units and (b) Service Family Accommodation homes in (i) north Shropshire and (ii) Shropshire have recorded (A) defective fire alarms, (B) missing fire doors and (C) non-compliance with modern fire safety standards in each year since 2015.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The tables below show reported (A) defective fire alarms and (B) missing fire doors in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) across Shropshire and North Shropshire, as at 18 November 2025. Data prior to 1 April 2018 is not held.
Shropshire
Year | Defective Fire Alarms | Missing Fire Doors |
2018 | 106 | 9 |
2019 | 117 | 23 |
2020 | 112 | 13 |
2021 | 69 | 13 |
2022 | 141 | 0 |
2023 | 151 | 2 |
2024 | 89 | 11 |
2025 | 114 | 5 |
North Shropshire
Year | Defective Fire Alarms | Missing Fire Doors |
2018 | 32 | 0 |
2019 | 30 | 1 |
2020 | 16 | 0 |
2021 | 12 | 0 |
2022 | 15 | 0 |
2023 | 26 | 0 |
2024 | 20 | 2 |
2025 | 15 | 0 |
Information on (C) compliance with modern fire safety standards is not held. This is because all SLA buildings are complaint with standards in place at the time of their construction.
(b) Service Family Accommodation
Service Family Accommodation in Shropshire and North Shropshire does not include flats, communal spaces, or Houses in Multiple Occupation. Therefore, homes in this area are not subject to the Fire Safety Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and fire doors and alarms are not required. However, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation must ensure smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are installed and maintained.
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