Question reference: S2W-25176
- Asked by: Bristow Muldoon, MSP for Livingston, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 April 2006
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Current status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2006
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses in the social rented sector there were in each of the 32 local authority areas in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.
Answer
Figures on local authority stockas at 31 March of each year are published in the quarterly Scottish Executive StatisticalBulletin (Housing Series) Housing trends in Scotland: quarters ending 31 March. Thisis available on-line in the publications section of the housing statistics branchreference site http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/housing/hsbref.
Figures on registered sociallandlord stock as at 31 March of each year are published by Communities Scotlandin Scottish Registered Social Landlord Statistics. The reports for 2003-04and 2004-05 are available on-line in the publications (statistics) section at:
Figures for 31 March 2003 are shownin the following table.
Registered Social LandlordStock as at 31 March 2003
| Local Authority |
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| Aberdeen City | 3,685 |
| Aberdeenshire | 3,194 |
| Angus | 2,828 |
| Argyll and Bute | 2,501 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1,734 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2,144 |
| Dundee City | 8,262 |
| East Ayrshire | 2,933 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 704 |
| East Lothian | 1,463 |
| East Renfrewshire | 938 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 12,948 |
| Eilean Siar | 249 |
| Falkirk | 2,653 |
| Fife | 6,749 |
| Glasgow City | 122,044 |
| Highland | 4,541 |
| Inverclyde | 3,566 |
| Midlothian | 2,686 |
| Moray | 1,070 |
| North Ayrshire | 4,020 |
| North Lanarkshire | 8,214 |
| Orkney Islands | 377 |
| Perth and Kinross | 2,559 |
| Renfrewshire | 6,548 |
| Scottish Borders | 12,517 |
| Shetland Islands | 278 |
| South Ayrshire | 1,429 |
| South Lanarkshire | 4,129 |
| Stirling | 1,270 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 5,815 |
| West Lothian | 4,424 |
| Scotland | 238,472 |
Source: CommunitiesScotland.
Note: 1. Figuresconsist of self-contained units.