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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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12 May 2009 : Column 742W
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:

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.


12 May 2009 : Column 743W

12 May 2009 : Column 744W

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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