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Armed Forces: Housing

Asked by James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 16 July 2026UIN 18379

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of urgent repair calls for service family accommodation have been resolved within the target timescales in each month in 2026.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The table below provides the number of callouts for urgent repairs to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for Military Personnel broken down by month since January 2026 and the percentage of these repairs completed within 48 hours.

Month

Number of urgent repairs

Percentage of Urgent repairs resolved within the 48 Hour timescale

January

4,328

87.9%

February

3,134

85.1%

March

3,141

85.9%

April

2,774

86.0%

May

2,369

90.4%

June

2,258

90.1%

For urgent repairs, MOD’s contractors will attend and fix the repair within 48 hours. In contractual terms, meeting this response time in 80% of cases is an Acceptable Level of Performance.

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