Question follow-through · 57330

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the (a) £7bn of funding for military accommodation and (b) the £1.5bn investment for rapid work on forces family housing will be spent in Scotland.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the (a) £7bn of funding for military accommodation and (b) the £1.5bn investment for rapid work on forces family housing will be spent in Scotland.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence is currently undertaking an extensive review of its entire military accommodation portfolio, including how the Department will make best use of the properties that have been reacquired from Annington, and which homes and locations ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

UK Defence Innovation: Scotland

5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the UK Defence Innovation fund will be spent on Scottish based companies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Public Expenditure

5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Pensions

6 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many spouses of deceased armed forces personnel have been contacted for repayment after accidental overpayments of their spousal armed forces pension.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Defence: Private Finance Initiative

10 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on private finance initiatives in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been convicted of (a) violent and (b) sexual offences against other personnel since 2000; how many received custodial sentences; and how many returned to service following rel

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Recruitment

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the recruitment of under 18s into the armed forces.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Contracts

8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cumulative value of orders his Department has placed with Scottish defence contractors for new equipment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

UK Defence Innovation: Scotland

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the ringfenced UKDI budget will be allocated to Scotland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Scotland

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the funding made available through the defence growth deals will be allocated to the defence industry in Scotland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Scotland

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of funding his Department makes in the defence industry in Scotland compared to the south of England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Scotland

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be created in Scotland as a result of the Defence Industrial Strategy in each of the next five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Scotland

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Industrial Strategy, what additional support his Department will give to Scottish businesses in the light of the new approach to defence exports.