Told the other half about this thread and she reminded me if the time we were posted to a new unit. One child and another due imminently so I requested a 3 bed AMQ instead of a 2. Got refused by a female DHE officer on the grounds that my wife hadn't had baby no. 2 yet and in her words "anything could happen". I asked her to be specific and she was. Some people in some positions, especially civvys seemed to love wielding the small amount of power they have.