Armed Forces: Housing

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 23 March 2017.

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Photo of Nia Griffith Nia Griffith Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the capacity is of (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation; and where such accommodation by type is located.

Photo of Mark Lancaster Mark Lancaster The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

The quantities of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) dwellings are shown by area/county below as of February 2017.

There are approximately 145,000 Single Living Accommodation bed spaces, of which 126,000 are in the UK and 19,000 overseas, as of 2016.

County/Area

No of SFA

County/Area

No of SFA

County/Area

No of SFA

ABERDEENSHIRE

16

ANGUS

82

ARGYLL AND BUTE

595

AVON

267

AYRSHIRE

26

BEDFORDSHIRE

596

BERKS

1126

BUCKS

1024

CAITHNESS

4

CAMBS

1008

CHESHIRE

200

CLWYD

2

CORNWALL

612

COUNTY ANTRIM

997

COUNTY DOWN

569

COUNTY DURHAM

109

CUMBRIA

36

DEVON

1667

DORSET

1100

DUMBARTON

4

DUMFRIES

3

DYFED

185

EAST SUSSEX

6

EAST YORKSHIRE

14

EDINBURGH

546

ESSEX

1219

FIFE

594

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

761

GWENT

195

GWYNEDD

165

HANTS

6960

HEREFORDSHIRE

306

HERTS

380

INVERNESS-SHIRE

208

ISLE OF BENBECULA

6

KENT

1404

LANCASHIRE

308

LEICESTERSHIRE

758

LINCOLNSHIRE

1726

LONDON

659

MERSEYSIDE

5

MIDDLESEX

1127

MIDLOTHIAN

159

MORAY

904

NORFOLK

958

NORTH LANARKSHIRE

6

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

9

NORTH YORKS

3405

NORTHUMBERLAND

189

NOTTINGHAM

263

ORKNEY ISLANDS

1

OXON

2681

PEMBROKE

9

PERTH

4

POWYS

196

RENFREWSHIRE

103

ROSS AND CROMARTY

1

SHETLAND ISLANDS

1

SHROPSHIRE

964

SOMERSET

722

SOUTH GLAMORGAN

335

SOUTH YORKS

5

ST ANDREWS

3

STAFFORDSHIRE

724

STIRLING

13

SUFFOLK

1241

SURREY

1545

SWINDON, WILTS

64

TYNE AND WEAR

185

WARWICKSHIRE

344

WEST MIDLANDS

90

WEST SUSSEX

53

WEST YORKS

3

WILTS

6679

WORCESTERSHIRE

1

YORKSHIRE

113

Grand Total

49548

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