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Allocation of Vacant Quarters
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There are two categories of quarters: non-departmental quarters and departmental quarters. The former are provided to civil servants who are eligible for them because of their conditions of service and are an entitlement for those who are eligible. The latter are provided to civil servants for operational reasons mostly in the disciplined services and are not an entitlement. They are managed by the relevant Head of Department. In answering this question I will limit my remarks to vacancies in the NDQ.
The Quartering Office in Civil Service Branch is responsible for the management of NDQ. All units vacated by civil servants are advertised for reallocation to other eligible civil servants by the Quarters Allocation Committee. Those units that are not allocated and become surplus to requirement will be designated for sale, leasing to the public or conversion to Government/Institution/ Community use, as appropriate.
NDQ Available for Allocation
130 NDQ units are listed in the current Quarters Allocation Circular as available for allocation to eligible civil servants.
Ratio of Non-departmental Quarters Occupants to Private Tenancy Allowance Recipients
At present, a total of 1.737 civil servants occupy NDQ. Some 778 officers receive the PTA. The ratio is about 1 civil servant receiving PTA to just over 2 civil servants occupying quarters.
Payment of Allowances to those Eligible for Quarters
Officers employed prior to 1 October 1990 retain their entitlement to the PTA as long as they do not join the HFS or the HPS. The PTA is payable once an officer reaches point 34 on the Master Pay Scale. Government is obliged to honour its contractual obligations to those officers who wish to take up this form of housing benefit.
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