Witney MP Robert Courts is to chair a committee reviewing accommodation for service families.

Mr Courts is a member of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee and has RAF Brize Norton in his constituency.

The new sub-committee inquiry will ask what the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) plans are to improve services, as well as modernise and invest in single living and family accommodation, and whether enough has been done to address failures in accommodation provision by the MOD.

The MOD is currently refusing to allow serving personnel to contribute to the review but Mr Courts said he "strongly believes this to be the wrong decision" and has written to Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to ask that it is reviewed.

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In the meantime the committee is still accepting submissions of evidence from service personnel and their families, but these will be anonymous and treated confidentially.

Guidance on how to make a submission is available here: https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3195/

Anyone with any further questions can email robert@robertcourts.co.uk.

In March Mr Courts said he had been to see some of the RAF housing in Carterton and saw mould in family homes where children are living and repairs that have been requested but not completed.

He said it was 'unacceptable' that RAF families are living in 'substandard' homes.

Mr Courts said: “Our service personnel and their families make huge sacrifices to protect our way of life. The provision of decent, liveable homes is a fair and basic expectation.

"In recent months, numerous reports have revealed the dismal conditions that military personnel and their families have been forced to live in. 

"I’ve seen with my own eyes the conditions they face – from leaky ceilings to mouldy walls, these are conditions so poor they can pose substantial risks to health and wellbeing."

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is responsible for 49,000 military homes in the UK.

It has admitted to "unacceptable levels of service" and that hundreds of occupied homes had not had up-to-date gas and electrical safety inspections.

The MOD has named service accommodation as a priority.

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Mr Courts said: "Our hope is that this inquiry aids the MOD and provides clear recommendations for improvements.

"I would be most grateful to anyone currently living in service accommodation to share their experiences with the committee, as soon as possible to ensure the committee is able to present as much evidence as possible to the MOD through this sub-committee review."