Section 101 requires the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament annual reports on the standard of Ministry of Defence Service Family Accommodation (SFA). These reports must set out both the extent to which SFA meets the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) published by the government in 2006, and work to maintain or improve standards carried out in the year being reported upon or planned for subsequent years.
	These reports must address the quality of SFA in England, but it is possible for this duty to be met by including this information in a report on the standard of SFA in England and other parts of the United Kingdom. The assessment of standards set out in these reports must either be made by or evaluated by a person who is independent of government and not involved in the provision of SFA.
	Subsection (8) allows the Secretary of State to amend by way of regulations the standard against which SFA must be assessed.
	Subsection (9) specifies that this power can be used only when the Secretary of State considers the 2006 DHS is no longer the appropriate standard for this assessment.
Part 3: Decent Homes Standard Section 101: The standard of MOD accommodation Effect