Armed Forces: Housing
Defence
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Ben Wallace (Shadow Minister, Scotland; Lancaster & Wyre, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) what the average monthly rent is for properties rented under the substitute single living accommodation scheme;
(2) how many (a) civil servants and (b) military personnel participate in the substitute single living accommodation scheme.
Kevan Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence; North Durham, Labour)
Substitute Service Single Accommodation (SSSA) is provided to members of the armed forces in cases where no single living accommodation is available at or near their permanent duty station. As at
These were occupied by 6,376 entitled Service personnel. The scheme does not extend to civilian personnel.