Question follow-through · 24944

Armed Forces: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance to the armed forces on the use of barracks to host MP constituency surgeries for serving personnel.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance to the armed forces on the use of barracks to host MP constituency surgeries for serving personnel.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Guidance on the use of Ministry of Defence sites to host MP constituency surgeries is set out in Joint Service Publication 850, entitled Infrastructure and Estate Policy, Standards and Guidance.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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