Question follow-through · 40756
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of service family accommodation in Scotland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of service family accommodation in Scotland.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
Circa 97% of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in Scotland meets or exceeds the Government's Decent Homes Standard. This Government continues to invest significant sums to improve the quality of SFA in the United Kingdom. For Financial Year 2024-25, circ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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