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Reserve Forces: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sites for reserve forces managed by (a) the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and (b) his Department are (i) unusable and (ii) partly unusable because of (A) boiler breakdowns and (B) leaking roofs.

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sites for reserve forces managed by (a) the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and (b) his Department are (i) unusable and (ii) partly unusable because of (A) boiler breakdowns and (B) leaking roofs.

  2. 18 Jun 2025

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  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    All Reserve Forces and Cadets sites are managed by the Reserves Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) and not the Department. The Volunteer Estate (VE) contains some 5112 buildings, of which 59 (1.15%) are fully or partly unusable due to boiler breakdowns ...

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