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Figures for Scotland across the last five years are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, as at March 2009, SFA in Scotland was at the following SfC:

	Properties	Percentage
S1fC	3,120	97
S2fC	102	3
S3fC	5	[le]1

In the past two years, single living accommodation, in the UK and Scotland was at the following grade, which is an assessment of the physical condition and scale of the accommodation, but excludes environmental and locational factors.

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	July 2007				March 2008
	UK		Scotland		UK		Scotland
	Bed-spaces	Percentage	Bed-spaces	Percentage	Bed-spaces	Percentage	Bed-spaces	Percentage
Grade 1	35,388	26	2,553	32	34320	25	2,580	33
Grade 2	17,398	13	1,576	20	19,180	14	1,560	20
Grade 3	23,346	17	1,691	21	21,460	16	1,680	21
Grade 4	62,212	44	2,128	27	62,460	45	2,010	26
Total	138,344		7,948		137,420		7,830

Further information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Due to a legacy of decades of underinvestment, in Scotland and elsewhere, not all service accommodation is of the high standard that service personnel and their families deserve. We are addressing this and in addition to the significant investment in recent years, we plan to spend over £3 billion in the next decade to improve and upgrade accommodation worldwide.

Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on upgrading accommodation for serving personnel and their families in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland since 2000. [274599]

Mr. Kevan Jones: I will write to the right hon. and learned Member with the information requested because it is not held centrally and will take more time to collate and verify.

Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation properties in Scotland have been declared unfit for habitation. [274600]

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation properties in the UK have been declared unfit for habitation. [274777]

Mr. Kevan Jones: While all occupied properties are considered to be of a habitable standard, properties can be uninhabitable for various reasons, such as awaiting demolition or undergoing major repair, modernisation or upgrade work.

The situation changes frequently and therefore detailed numbers are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Pensions

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to review the functions of the war pension committees. [274688]

Mr. Kevan Jones: A review of the war pensions committees is currently underway. The review is being conducted in consultation with the committees and other stakeholders and an initial symposium was held on 25 March 2009.

Armed Forces: Resignations

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the voluntary outflow rate from each (a) service and (b) rank of the armed forces was in each of the last three years. [274980]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The voluntary outflow rates of officers and of other ranks from each service are published in tables 3-8 of Tri-Service Publication 05 (TSP05). TSP05 is published monthly; the current March 2009 publication includes time series back to 1998-99 and can be found at:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&;thiscontent=60&date=2009-04-20&pubType=l&PublishTime=09:30:00&from=home&tabOption=l

Voluntary outflow rates for each rank have not been compiled and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Copies of TSP05 are also available from the Library of the House.

Armed Forces: Swine Flu

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what preparations his Department is making to ensure that sufficient military forces are available to participate in civil contingency operations in relation to the swine influenza outbreak. [275048]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The UK’s preparations are led by the Department of Health, involving all relevant Government Departments and agencies including the MOD. There are currently no plans for military involvement in civil contingency operations in relation to the swine influenza outbreak.

Armed Forces: Training

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were enrolled in an officer training corps course at each university in each year since 1997. [274898]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The following table illustrates the numbers commencing training at university officer training corps in each year since 1997.

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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen	65	72	51	67	80	49	53	82	64	82	65	45
Birmingham	78	66	69	103	75	46	87	82	78	100	98	64
Bristol	73	77	82	74	83	72	86	87	64	83	79	50
Cambridge	98	95	102	66	82	107	84	72	91	81	78	53
East Midlands	93	72	75	97	83	91	76	80	94	88	70	41
Edinburgh	92	67	50	51	82	82	63	91	71	85	100	68
Exeter	88	76	86	78	80	80	122	83	102	92	77	53
Glasgow	58	49	65	62	60	93	73	62	62	78	62	48
Leeds	74	71	60	66	94	97	114	115	82	110	87	72
Liverpool	83	79	73	87	85	83	98	91	89	88	76	49
London	161	156	152	193	201	181	183	141	173	162	200	154
Manchester	78	79	72	85	75	75	73	76	81	106	75	38
Northumbria	70	67	66	75	84	97	88	91	73	78	86	52
Oxford	84	98	81	80	78	105	102	110	131	117	101	94
Queen's (Northern Ireland)	95	61	67	79	63	62	50	38	44	80	46	43
Sheffield	85	96	83	112	98	77	139	104	83	93	117	63
Southampton	81	60	63	110	107	103	113	105	93	117	86	45
Tayforth	76	62	52	115	100	89	125	98	100	113	80	73
Wales	86	85	106	93	98	93	101	119	104	114	98	62

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