wrans/answers2025-03-31 conversation_133
Source: hansard.parliament.uk (2025-03-31)

UK Parliament Hansard data: wrans/answers2025-03-31 conversation_133

James Cartlidge:To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown by age of the number of service personnel using the Forces Help to Buy Scheme as of 24 March 2025. \p Al Carns: Data on the Forces Help to Buy (FHTB) scheme is routinely published by the Ministry of Defence, with the next release scheduled for May 2025. The latest published data as at 31 December 2024 can be found at the following gov.uk link:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/forces-help-to-buy-scheme-quarterly-statistics-202425/forces-help-to-buy-quarterly-statistics-quarter-3-202425

Figures in this response relate to active accounts as at 31 December 2024. Therefore, figures will differ from published statistics, which relate to all accounts since the beginning of the FHTB scheme.

As at 31 December 2024, 14,333 regular Serving personnel were using the FHTB scheme.

The following table shows engagement with the Forces Help to Buy scheme by Service as at 31 December 2024.

Service

Forces Help to Buy total engagement by Service (regular personnel only)

% of Service

Navy

3,294

12.95

Royal Marines

829

12.79

Army

6,790

8.65

RAF

3,420

11.26

The following table shows the number of service personnel using the Forces Help to Buy Scheme by rank as at 31 December 2024.

NATO rank

Number of Service personnel

OF1

158

OF2

2,001

OF3

1,252

OF4

325

OF5

61

OF6

15

OF7

2

OR2

752

OR3

663

OR4

3,251

OR6

2,949

OR7

1,769

OR8

765

OR9

370

Total

14,333

The following table shows the number of service personnel using the Forces Help to Buy Scheme by marital status as at 31 December 2024.

Marital status category

Number of Service personnel

Married or in a registered Civil Partnership

6,455

Married or in a registered Civil Partnership to a Service Person who is Category 1S*

288

Married or in a registered Civil Partnership to a Civil Servant

81

Married or in a registered Civil Partnership to a Service Person who is Category 5S*

377

Prime carer and provider for child

401

Separated providing support as a result of court order

24

Separated providing voluntary support

914

All other members of Armed Forces

5,793

Total

14,333

* Personal Status Categories (PStat Cats) are used to denote the entitlement to allowances and accommodation based on marital and service status. Specifically:

These categories are important for administrative purposes within the Armed Forces as they affect the allocation of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA), as well as other allowances and entitlements.

The following two tables show the number of service personnel using the Forces Help to Buy Scheme by age as at 31 December 2024.

Age range

Age as at 31 December 2024

Number of Service personnel

Number of Service personnel by age range

18 - 25

18

[c]

777

19

[c]

20

18

21

352

22

59

23

133

24

210

25

322

26 - 40

26

445

10,380

27

520

28

590

29

700

30

755

31

749

32

731

33

782

34

837

35

790

36

730

37

707

38

740

39

722

40

582

41 - 55

41

555

3,143

42

431

43

404

44

333

45

323

46

250

47

175

48

145

49

120

50

103

51

87

52

84

53

67

54

39

55

27

56 - 65

56

15

33

57

8

58

[c]

59

[c]

60

3

61

[c]

62

[c]

63

-

64

-

65

[c]

Figures fewer than 3 have been replaced with [c] to limit inadvertent disclosure of personal data.