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7 July 2008 : Column 1159W—continued
Armed Forces: Electoral Register
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Defence Analytical Services Agency service voting survey. [216236]
Armed Forces: Fire Services
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel were deployed during the firefighters’ strike in 2002 and 2003. [211962]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: During the national firefighters’ strikes in 2002 and 2003 approximately 19,000 members of the armed forces, drawn from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were deployed to provide fire cover at the request of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Armed Forces: Health Services
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were referred to the Priory Clinic in each year since 2004. [216494]
Derek Twigg:
In-patient care for service personnel with mental health problems is provided in specialised psychiatric units under a contract with the Priory Group. An interim arrangement was signed with the Priory Group commencing in December 2003. The full contract,
whereby the Priory Group became the nominated provider of in-patient mental health provision, commenced on 1 April 2004.
The data requested, up until 31 March 2008, is shown in the following table:
| Period | Number of patients treated |
Armed Forces: Housing
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of single living accommodation units (a) in the UK and (b) overseas are in each standard for condition grade. [216074]
Derek Twigg: All Single Living Accommodation (SLA) is assessed by Grade for Charge (GfC) rather than Standard for Condition. GfC is an assessment of the chargeable condition of the accommodation, along with other factors such as the size, location and closeness to amenities. As at March 2008, SLA is at thefollowing grade:
| UK SLA bed-spaces | Percentage | Overseas SLA bed-spaces | Percentage | |
This Department accepts that not all SLA is of a standard that our Service personnel deserve and we are addressing this. Since 2003, some 26,000 new or improved bed-spaces have been delivered with a further 30,000 planned by 2013.
More generally, over the next decade £8.4 billion will be spent on accommodation.
Armed Forces: Manpower
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required number, (b) current actual number, (c) number fit for purpose and (d) percentage shortfall is of each pinch point trade in the armed forces. [214347]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Pinch Point Register is as at Quarter 4 2007-08. Information on the fitness of personnel within each pinch point trade is not routinely held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Royal Navy | |||
| Operational pinch point trades | Liability | Shortfall | |
| Number | Percentage | ||
| Army | |||
| Operational pinch point trade | Liability | Shortfall | |
| Number | Percentage | ||
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